Items Tagged ‘erlotinib’

December 18, 2009

ODAC votes against erlotinib as maintenance therapy for advanced NSCLC

By Kelley Luckstein

Yesterday, the FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 12-1 against recommending the use of erlotinib as first-line maintenance monotherapy for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer…   The most common adverse events with erlotinib were rash and diarrhea, according to data presented. Ronald Richardson, MD, of the division of medical oncology at the Mayo […]

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Tags: erlotinib, Lung Cancer