Tagrisso with the addition of chemotherapy approved in the US for patients with EGFR-mutated advanced lung cancer
Dave Fredrickson, Executive Vice President, Oncology Business Unit, AstraZeneca, said: “This important new treatment option can delay disease progression by nearly nine additional months, establishing a new benchmark with the longest reported progression-free survival benefit in the 1st-line advanced setting. This approval reinforces Tagrisso as the backbone of EGFR-mutated lung cancer treatment either as monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy. This news is especially important for those with a poorer prognosis, including patients whose cancer has spread to the brain and those with L858R mutations.”
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