Utilization of EGFR, ALK, and BRAF Inhibitors in the Treatment of Lung Cancer in Germany
Nikolaj Rischke,
Josephine Kanbach,
Ulrike Haug
Abstract:BackgroundThere is a lack of real‐world data on the use of targeted cancer drugs requiring molecular tumor diagnostics in the treatment of lung cancer in Germany.AimsWe aimed to characterize the use of such drugs in lung cancer patients based on longitudinal analyses.Methods and ResultsUsing the GePaRD database (claims data from ~20% of the German population) we identified lung cancer patients diagnosed in 2016 based on a previously developed algorithm and followed them until death, end of continuous insurance… Show more
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