Expert Video - How do doctors treat lung cancer with EGFR mutations?
Lung cancer expert Dr. Joseph Leach provides an overview of how lung cancers with EGFR mutations are treated. The good news is that specific treatments can target EGFR mutations. Dr. Leach talks about targeted therapies including osimertinib (for exon 19 and exon 21 mutations), amivantamab (for an exon 20 insertion mutation), and others. He also discusses chemotherapy. Cancer cells with EGFR mutations can become resistant to treatment, so it is important to repeat biomarker testing if treatment stops working at any time. A different drug can make treatment more effective again.
Click here to take our SURVEY
Your feedback is important to us! We will use your feedback to develop future areas of content about lung cancer which will help other patients, caregivers and families.
Animation - Understanding NSCLC Treatment Options When You Have an EGFR Mutation
Slide Show - Understanding NSCLC Treatment When You Have an EGFR Mutation
1.
What is a gene mutation and how does it relate to lung cancer?
2.
How do doctors test for genetic mutations in lung cancer and why is it important?
3.
What is an EGFR mutation in lung cancer?
4.
How do doctors treat lung cancer with EGFR mutations?
5.
How did you find out you had EGFR-positive lung cancer?
6.
What was the comprehensive biomarker testing experience like?
7.
What has your treatment experience been for your EGFR-positive lung cancer?
