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Editorial
. 2017 May;5(Suppl 1):S14.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.03.73.

AURA 3: the last word on chemotherapy as a control arm in EGFR mutant NSCLC?

Terry L Ng  1 , D Ross Camidge  1
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Editorial

AURA 3: the last word on chemotherapy as a control arm in EGFR mutant NSCLC?

Terry L Ng et al. Ann Transl Med. 2017 May.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment on

  • Osimertinib or Platinum-Pemetrexed in EGFR T790M-Positive Lung Cancer.
    Mok TS, Wu Y-L, Ahn M-J, Garassino MC, Kim HR, Ramalingam SS, Shepherd FA, He Y, Akamatsu H, Theelen WS, Lee CK, Sebastian M, Templeton A, Mann H, Marotti M, Ghiorghiu S, Papadimitrakopoulou VA; AURA3 Investigators. Mok TS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2017 Feb 16;376(7):629-640. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1612674. Epub 2016 Dec 6. N Engl J Med. 2017. PMID: 27959700 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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