Second ESMO consensus conference on lung cancer: pathology and molecular biomarkers for non-small-cell lung cancer

Gefitinib or Carboplatin–Paclitaxel in Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma

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Erlotinib versus standard chemotherapy as first-line treatment for European patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (EURTAC): a multicentre, open-label, randomised phase 3 trial

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Identification of the transforming EML4–ALK fusion gene in non-small-cell lung cancer

Manabu Soda, Young Lim Choi, Munehiro Enomoto et al. · Nature · 2007 · 5.4K citations

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Gefitinib versus cisplatin plus docetaxel in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer harbouring mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (WJTOG3405): an open label, randomised phase 3 trial

Tetsuya Mitsudomi, Satoshi Morita, Yasushi Yatabe et al. · The Lancet Oncology · 2009 · 4.1K citations

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Erlotinib versus chemotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (OPTIMAL, CTONG-0802): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 study

Caicun Zhou, Yi‐Long Wu, Gongyan Chen et al. · The Lancet Oncology · 2011 · 4.1K citations

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