Would you offer adjuvant chemotherapy, or osimertinib if EGFR+, to patients with two synchronous stage 1A lung cancers that appear to be distinct and have both been resected?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
Probably not. The cure rate for stage IA adenocarcinoma is 75-90%, depending on the details (including size). The ADAURA trial demonstrated a substantially improved DFS favoring osimertinib over placebo for patients with stage II or III NSCLC with an activating EGFR exon 19 or 21 mutation. Although ...