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Afatinib is an oral, irreversible, tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) of EGFR, HER2 and HER4. ...Afatinib failed to demonstrate an improvement in overall survival in unselected heavily pretreated NSCLC patients (Lux-Lung-1). ...
Afatinib is an oral, irreversible, tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) of EGFR, HER2 and HER4. ...Afatinib failed to demonstrate a …