Adjuvant Osimertinib as a Standard Therapy for EGFR-Positive NSCLC [Video]

Treatment with osimertinib (Tagrisso) after surgery significantly reduced the risk of death in adults with completely resected EGFR-positive stage IB, II, or IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to updated data from the ADAURA trial presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting.

MedPage Today brought together three expert leaders in the field: Moderator Roy Herbst, MD, PhD, of Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut, is joined by Julie Brahmer, MD, of Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center in Baltimore, and Sarah Goldberg, MD, MPH, also of Yale Cancer Center, for a virtual roundtable discussion. This third of four exclusive episodes focuses on the overall survival analysis from ADAURA.

Following is a transcript of their remarks:

Herbst: Topic number three. Some fellow[Herbst himself], I don’t know him that well, presented this ADAURA study at ASCO [on] overall survival [OS]. So how important is having overall …