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This activity is part of PER's Integrated Oncology Learning Series: A Focus on Thoracic Malignancies

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Physicians' Education Resource designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

New Developments in Maintenance Therapy and Novel Targeted Agents for Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
Release Date: September 30, 2009
Expiration Date: September 30, 2010

Upon completion of this educational activity, you should be able to:

  • Summarize clinical data on antifolate maintenance therapy for patients with advanced NSCLC
  • Evaluate the efficacy of maintenance therapy with an EGFR TKI in advanced NSCLC
  • Describe clinical data on maintenance therapy with an anti-VEGF MoAb plus an EGFR TKI in advanced NSCLC
  • Assess clinical outcomes with an EGFR TKI as first-line treatment of advanced NSCLC by EGFR mutation subtype
  • Evaluate the efficacy of an ALK/c-Met TKI in the treatment of advanced NSCLC harboring ALK fusion genes
  • Discuss the efficacy of an irreversible EGFR/HER2 TKI in the treatment of advanced NSCLC harboring EGFR mutations

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Educational Grants

An educational grant for this activity was provided by:


  1. Eli Lilly and Company