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A Systematic Review of the Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) Inhibitors in Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
The anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor treatment landscape is rapidly evolving, providing patients with ALK-positive (+) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with multiple therapy options, multiple lines...
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Symptom screening with Targeted Early Palliative care (STEP) versus usual care for patients with advanced cancer: a mixed methods study
Although early palliative care is recommended, resource limitations prevent its routine implementation. We report on the preliminary findings of a mixed methods study involving a randomized controlled trial (R...
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Correction to: Osimertinib for EGFR-Mutant Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Central Nervous System Metastases: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives on Therapeutic Strategies
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Osimertinib for EGFR-Mutant Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Central Nervous System Metastases: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives on Therapeutic Strategies
Central nervous system (CNS) metastases are common in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and associated with poor prognosis and high disease burden. Effective options are needed to treat CNS metastases, and de...
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The impact of symptoms and comorbidity on health utility scores and health-related quality of life in small cell lung cancer using real world data
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a highly fatal disease associated with significant morbidity, with a need for real-world symptom and health utility score (HUS) data. HUS can be measured using an EQ-5D-5L ques...
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Open AccessEmerging therapies for non-small cell lung cancer
Recent advances in the field of novel anticancer agents prolong patients’ survival and show a promising future. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors and immunotherapy for lung cancer are the two major areas undergoing r...
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Systemic Therapy of Lung Cancer CNS Metastases Using Molecularly Targeted Agents and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Central nervous system (CNS) metastases most commonly arise from lung cancer, with the majority of patients affected during their disease course. The prognosis for patients with untreated brain metastases is p...
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Economic Considerations in the Use of Novel Targeted Therapies for Lung Cancer: Review of Current Literature
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death and economic burden worldwide. Despite the heavy toll of lung cancer, multiple new advances have improved patient outcomes, largely through precisi...
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Differential Role of Estrogen Receptor Beta in Early Versus Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Although women have an increased susceptibility to lung cancer, they also have a favorable clinical outcome. This may in part be due to female specific genetic and hormonal factors. In the present study, expre...
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A Phase 2 study of perifosine in advanced or metastatic breast cancer
First- and second-line chemotherapy with anthracyclines and taxanes in metastatic breast cancer yield a modest improvement in survival with potentially significant toxicity. Subsequent lines of chemotherapy yi...
