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Abstract
The FDA has approved osimertinib (Tagrisso – AstraZeneca), an oral kinase inhibitor, for adjuvant treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after tumor resection in adults who have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R mutations.
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