Sukhmani Padda, MD, discusses how third-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors compare to the first- and second-generation TKIs.
Sukhmani Padda, MD, assistant professor of medicine at Stanford University, discusses how third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) compare to the first- and second-generation TKIs.
Osimertinib (Tagrisso) is currently the only approved third-generation TKI, but this agent has dramatically changed the treatment landscape in lung cancer, says Padda.
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