The DOI matches its Crossref record; 47 of the 47 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors vs Conventional Chemotherapy in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Harboring Wild-Type Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor: A Meta-analysis
Abstract
IMPORTANCE: Current guidelines recommend both epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and cytotoxic chemotherapy drugs as standard treatment options for patients with wild-type (WT) EGFR who were previously treated for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, it is not clear that EGFR TKIs are as efficacious as chemotherapy in patients with WT EGFR. OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between first-generation EGFR TKI vs chemotherapy and survival in advanced NSCLC patients with WT EGFR. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane database, and meeting abstracts of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and European Society of Medical Oncology through December 2013. STUDY SELECTION: Eligible studies were randomized controlled trials comparing EGFR TKI with conventional chemotherapy in patients with advanced NSCLC. Out of 1947 retrieved articles, 11 trials incorporating 1605 patients with WT EGFR were included. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: Two reviewers extracted trial characteristics and outcomes. The risk of bias was evaluated using the Cochrane tool. All measures were pooled using random-effects models and 95% CIs were calculated. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The primary outcome was progression-free survival (PFS), measured as hazard ratios (HRs). The secondary outcomes were objective response rate and overall survival, expressed as relative risks and HRs, respectively. RESULTS: Among patients with WT EGFR tumors, chemotherapy was associated with improvement of PFS, compared with TKI (HR for TKI, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.10-1.81). No statistically significant subgroup difference was identified in terms of line of treatment (first-line vs second- or later-line), experimental drug, dominant ethnicity, or EGFR mutation analysis method. Trials using more sensitive platforms than direct sequencing were associated with a significant PFS benefit with chemotherapy (HR for TKI, 1.84; 95% CI, 1.35-2.52). The association of chemotherapy with improvement in PFS was also significant in second- or later-line trials (HR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.09-1.65). The objective response rate was higher with chemotherapy (92/549, 16.8%, vs 39/540, 7.2%, for TKI; relative risk for TKI, 1.11; 95% CI, 1.02-1.21); however, no statistically significant difference was observed with respect to overall survival (HR for TKI, 1.08; 95% CI, 0.96-1.22). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Among patients with advanced NSCLC harboring WT EGFR, conventional chemotherapy, compared with first-generation EGFR TKI, was associated with improvement in PFS but not overall survival.
Overview
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“Activating (sensitising) EGFR mutations are predictive for response to the EGFR TKIs gefitinib, erlotinib and afatinib.”
From Metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up (2016) · cites this paper as [21]
Citations
Cites
Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses
Higgins, J. P. T., Thompson, S. G., Deeks, J. J., & Altman, D. G. (2003) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7414.557 · Cited by 63,139
Liberati, A., Altman, D. G., Tetzlaff, J., Mulrow, C., Gøtzsche, P. C., Ioannidis, J. P. A., Clarke, M., Devereaux, P. J., Kleijnen, J., & Moher, D. (2009) · PLoS Medicine · doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000100 · Cited by 28,164
Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions: Cochrane Book Series
(2008) · doi:10.1002/9780470712184 · Cited by 25,048
Lynch, T. J., Bell, D. W., Sordella, R., Gurubhagavatula, S., Okimoto, R. A., Brannigan, B. W., Harris, P. L., Haserlat, S. M., Supko, J. G., Haluska, F. G., et al. (2004) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmoa040938 · Cited by 11,486
Liberati, A., Altman, D. G., Tetzlaff, J., Mulrow, C., Gøtzsche, P. C., Ioannidis, J. P. A., Clarke, M., Devereaux, P. J., Kleijnen, J., & Moher, D. (2009) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-4-200908180-00136 · Cited by 10,349
EGFR Mutations in Lung Cancer: Correlation with Clinical Response to Gefitinib Therapy
Paez, J. G., Jänne, P. A., Lee, J. C., Tracy, S., Greulich, H., Gabriel, S., Herman, P., Kaye, F. J., Lindeman, N., Boggon, T. J., et al. (2004) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1099314 · Cited by 9,368
Self-citationGefitinib or Carboplatin–Paclitaxel in Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma
Mok, T. S., Wu, Y.-L., Thongprasert, S., Yang, C.-H., Chu, D.-T., Saijo, N., Sunpaweravong, P., Han, B., Margono, B., Ichinose, Y., et al. (2009) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmoa0810699 · Cited by 8,261
Gefitinib or Chemotherapy for Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer with Mutated EGFR
Maemondo, M., Inoue, A., Kobayashi, K., Sugawara, S., Oizumi, S., Isobe, H., Gemma, A., Harada, M., Yoshizawa, H., Kinoshita, I., et al. (2010) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmoa0909530 · Cited by 5,525
Rosell, R., Carcereny, E., Gervais, R., Vergnenegre, A., Massuti, B., Felip, E., Palmero, R., Garcia-Gomez, R., Pallares, C., Sanchez, J. M., et al. (2012) · The Lancet Oncology · doi:10.1016/s1470-2045(11)70393-x · Cited by 5,489
Erlotinib in Previously Treated Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Shepherd, F. A., Rodrigues Pereira, J., Ciuleanu, T., Tan, E. H., Hirsh, V., Thongprasert, S., Campos, D., Maoleekoonpiroj, S., Smylie, M., Martins, R., et al. (2005) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmoa050753 · Cited by 5,419
Flagged first, then by citations
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Items 101–142 of 142
Sari, S., Andayani, T. M., Endarti, D., & Widayati, K. (2022) · Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology · doi:10.52711/0974-360x.2022.00267 · Cited by 5
Bevacizumab Combined with Continuation of EGFR-TKIs in NSCLC Beyond Gradual Progression
Xu, Z., Teng, F., Hao, X., Li, J., & Xing, P. (2022) · Cancer Management and Research · doi:10.2147/cmar.s363446 · Cited by 4
Chen, N., Tan, X., Han, C., Zhao, F., Yang, L., Wang, D., Ye, X., & Wei, Z. (2025) · Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics · doi:10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_2418_24 · Cited by 4
Neumair, P., Joos, L., Warschkow, R., Dutly, A., Ess, S. M., Hitz, F., Früh, M., Brutsche, M. H., Baty, F., Krähenbühl, S., et al. (2016) · Lung Cancer · doi:10.1016/j.lungcan.2016.07.027 · Cited by 4
Paik, S. S., Hwang, I. K., Park, M. J., & Lee, S. H. (2018) · Tuberculosis & respiratory diseases · doi:10.4046/trd.2017.0090 · Cited by 4
Self-citationZhou, X., Hua, D., Gao, C., Zhang, Y., Qiu, L., & Wang, L. (2019) · Oncology Letters · doi:10.3892/ol.2019.10763 · Cited by 4
Boonsong, T., Usaha, S., Nakwan, N., Ruklerd, T., Khongthong, P., & Chang, A. (2022) · Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention · doi:10.31557/apjcp.2022.23.10.3371 · Cited by 4
Precision Medicine in Gastrointestinal Pathology
Wang, D. H., & Park, J. Y. (2016) · Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine · doi:10.5858/arpa.2015-0317-ra · Cited by 4
Spitzer, G., & Socinski, M. A. (2015) · Journal of Clinical Oncology · doi:10.1200/jco.2014.58.1603 · Cited by 4
Soo, R. A., & Adjei, A. A. (2017) · Journal of Thoracic Oncology · doi:10.1016/j.jtho.2017.01.025 · Cited by 3
Xu, J., Ding, G., Zhang, X., Jin, B., Lou, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, H., Wu, D., & Han, B. (2016) · OncoTargets and Therapy · doi:10.2147/ott.s119341 · Cited by 3
Wu, D., Duan, C., Wu, F., Chen, L., & Chen, S. (2017) · Oncotarget · doi:10.18632/oncotarget.20281 · Cited by 3
Debieuvre, D., Moreau, L., Coudert, M., Locher, C., Asselain, B. J. R., Coëtmeur, D., Dayen, C., Goupil, F., Martin, F., Brun, P., et al. (2019) · Revue des Maladies Respiratoires · doi:10.1016/j.rmr.2019.03.010 · Cited by 2
Mitsuoka, S., Kawaguchi, T., Kubo, A., Isa, S., Asai, K., Uji, M., Watanabe, T., Sawa, K., Yoshimoto, N., Oka, T., et al. (2016) · Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy · doi:10.1517/14656566.2016.1109635 · Cited by 2
Elghissassi, I., Boutayeb, S., Inrhaoun, H., M’rabti, H., & Errihani, H. H. (2016) · Current Oncology · doi:10.3747/co.23.2849 · Cited by 2
Prise en charge thérapeutique des cancers bronchiques non à petites cellules oligoprogressifs
Gustin, P., Botticella, A., Tselikas, L., Mercier, O. M., Pechoux, C. L., & Lévy, A. (2019) · Revue des Maladies Respiratoires · doi:10.1016/j.rmr.2018.04.011 · Cited by 2
Ma, M., Shi, C., Qian, J., & Han, B. (2017) · PubMed Central · Cited by 2
Rani, P. S., Reddy, S. A., Anusha, K., Kumar, P. K., & Chandrika, P. U. (2025) · Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia · doi:10.13005/bbra/3356 · Cited by 1
Pan-HER inhibition in EGFR wild-type non-small-cell lung cancer
Peters, S., & Smit, E. F. (2014) · The Lancet Oncology · doi:10.1016/s1470-2045(14)71027-7 · Cited by 1
Hureaux, J., Couturier, O., Lacœuille, F., Bouchet, F., CHOUAID, C., Saulnier, P., & Urban, T. (2016) · Revue des Maladies Respiratoires · doi:10.1016/j.rmr.2016.03.009 · Cited by 1
Peters, S., & Zimmermann, S. (2018) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-70253-7_3 · Cited by 1
Berchem, G., & Peters, S. (2024) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-93702-7_3-1 · Cited by 1
Berardi, G. G., Muthanna, J., Wang, Y. L., & Olszanski, A. J. (2025) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms26031029 · Cited by 1
Créquit, P., Yavchitz, A., Trinquart, L., Ravaud, P., & Cadranel, J. L. (2018) · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1002/14651858.cd012901 · Cited by 1
Tridente, G. (2017) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-809400-6.00025-1 · Cited by 1
Tumors: Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Corre, R. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_779-1 · Cited by 1
Mazzoni, F., Petreni, P., & Lunghi, A. (2015) · Europe PMC (PubMed Central) · doi:10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.01.03
Carcinome bronchique non à petites cellules : quelle chimiothérapie de rattrapage ?
Duruisseaux, M., Sakhri, L., Toffart, A., & Moro‐Sibilot, D. (2014) · Revue des Maladies Respiratoires Actualités · doi:10.1016/s1877-1203(14)70599-3
Reply to G. Spitzer and M.A. Socinski, F. Zhou et al, and B. Biswas
Kawaguchi, T., Ando, M., & Kubo, A. (2015) · Journal of Clinical Oncology · doi:10.1200/jco.2014.58.5315
Chemo besser als TKI bei EGFR-Wildtyp-NSCLC
Bublak, R. (2014) · Im Focus Onkologie · doi:10.1007/s15015-014-1267-y
TAXANES IN THE TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER: HAVE WE BETTER DEFINED THEIR ROLE IN OLDER PATIENTS?
Biganzoli, L. (2014) · Journal of Geriatric Oncology · doi:10.1016/j.jgo.2014.09.005
Reply to G. Spitzer and M.A. Socinski
Zer, A., & Leighl, N. B. (2015) · Journal of Clinical Oncology · doi:10.1200/jco.2014.58.5307
Der EGFR-Typ bestimmt die Behandlung
Bublak, R. (2014) · Info Onkologie · doi:10.1007/s15004-014-0851-9
[Treatment progress for EGFR wild-type advanced non-small cell lung cancer].
Ma, F., Shi, X., Meng, W., Zhang, J., Zhao, L., He, X., & Zhao, J. (2014) · Europe PMC (PubMed Central) · doi:10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2014.07.14
Sharpening the attack on non–small cell lung cancer
Alexander, A., & Quincy, B. L. (2016) · JAAPA · doi:10.1097/01.jaa.0000502872.97211.19
Pérol, M., Paulus, V., & Avrillon, V. (2016) · Revue des Maladies Respiratoires Actualités · doi:10.1016/s1877-1203(16)30125-2
[Molecular Imaging in vivo Detection of EGFR Mutations in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer].
Luo, D., Ma, J., Zhang, J., & Zhao, Y. (2017) · Europe PMC (PubMed Central) · doi:10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2017.06.08
Kardas, J., Buraczewska, A., Chrom, P., Waśko-Grabowska, A., Młot, B., & Szczylik, C. A. (2017) · Oncoreview · doi:10.24292/01.or.300617.7
Карабина, Е. В., Lubchenko, L. N., & Давыдов, М. М. (2017) · Meditsinskiy sovet = Medical Council · doi:10.21518/2079-701x-2017-14-46-55
Yu, X., Mao, R., Liu, M., Fu, L., Shi, L., & Li, X. (2021) · PubMed Central · doi:10.11817/j.issn.1672-7347.2021.200193
Tumors: Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Corre, R. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-22009-9_779
Metadata
- Authors
- Lee, J.-K., Hahn, S., Kim, D.-W., Suh, K. J., Keam, B., Kim, T. M., Lee, S.-H., & Heo, D. S.
- Affiliations
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Seoul National University (KR)
- Venue
- JAMA
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2014-04-09
- Volume
- 311
- Issue
- 14
- Pages
- 1430
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- OpenAlex
- W2158043872
- Cited by
- 141
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
- 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 24 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 25 · 2014: 12
- FWCI
- 23.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- JAMA (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Seoul National University Open Repository (Seoul National University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
- Keywords
- EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors, non-small cell lung cancer, EGFR wild-type, cytotoxic chemotherapy, progression-free survival, overall survival, objective response rate, EGFR mutation testing, EGFR mutation status, first-line therapy, second-line therapy, randomized controlled trials meta-analysis, risk of bias assessment, subgroup analysis
- MeSH terms
- Antineoplastic Agents, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Humans, Lung Neoplasms, Mutation, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Disease-Free Survival, Protein Kinase Inhibitors, ErbB Receptors
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review