Targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor following complete surgical resection in patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer.

Osimertinib showed significant and clinically meaningful disease-free survival benefit compared to placebo in EGFR mutant stage IB-IIIA NSCLC following complete tumor resection. Whether this will lead to improvement in overall survival and the optimal length of treatment remain open questions and are much-debated topic in the lung cancer field.