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First-Line Lorlatinib or Crizotinib in Advanced ALK-Positive Lung Cancer

First-Line Lorlatinib or Crizotinib in Advanced ALK-Positive Lung Cancer

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First-Line Lorlatinib or Crizotinib in Advanced ALK-Positive Lung Cancer

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Full title

First-Line Lorlatinib or Crizotinib in Advanced ALK-Positive Lung Cancer

Publisher

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

Journal title

The New England journal of medicine, 2020-11, Vol.383 (21), p.2018-2029

Language

English

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United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

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Scope and Contents

Contents

In an interim analysis of a trial involving 296 patients with
ALK
-positive non–small-cell lung cancer, lorlatinib, an anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibitor, was superior to crizotinib in response (in 76% vs. 58%), 12-month progression-free survival (78% vs. 39%), and intracranial disease response (82% vs. 23%). Altered lipid levels were the m...

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First-Line Lorlatinib or Crizotinib in Advanced ALK-Positive Lung Cancer

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2462161813

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2462161813

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ISSN

0028-4793

E-ISSN

1533-4406

DOI

10.1056/NEJMoa2027187

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