[Reporter's view] Only 2% of patients
By Eo, Yun-Ho | translator Choi HeeYoung
22.06.23 06:03:36
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#Will the new EGFR Exon 20 Insertion-Mutated Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer treatment, which was useless for existing TKI, be able to receive insurance benefits?
It's all the same cancer, but it's different. Cancer species such as liver cancer, stomach cancer, and lung cancer, which we call, are only a simple category, and in fact, they are classified in detail. Even if tumors originate from the same organ, the difficulty of treatment varies according to this detailed classification and the number of patients also varies.
For example, EGFR Exon 20 Insertion-Mutated Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer is so rare that only 2% of EGFR mutated non-small cell lung cancer patients in Korea are identified. Unti
Eo, Yun-Ho(unkindfish@dailypharm.com)
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