Cancer cell | 2021
ARTEMIS highlights VEGF inhibitors as effective partners for EGFR TKIs in EGFR mutant NSCLC.
Abstract
The randomized ARTEMIS study demonstrates that adding the VEGF inhibitor bevacizumab to the EGFR inhibitor erlotinib improves progression-free survival in EGFR mutant non-small-cell lung cancer by more than 6\xa0months, with even greater benefits seen in patients with brain metastases and EGFR L858R mutation. This provides further evidence for the tailored use of VEGF/EGFR combinations.