Currently, whether adjuvant therapy should be applied to Stage Ib non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who received radical resection remains controversial. There is still no clear evidence that the postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy or other treatments can improve the survival rate for patients with stage Ib NSCLC. Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKIs) such as Gefitinib and Erlotinib are widely accepted as the first-line therapy for Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutation late stage NSCLC patients. However the effect is largely uncertain for early stage patients who received surgery. The investigators aim to evaluate the effect of postoperative adjuvant use of Gefitinib for high risk stage Ib EGFR sensitive mutation NSCLC patients.
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2. Patients with pathology confirmed Ib stage NSCLC 3. Patients with deletion of exon 19 or mutation of L858R at exon 21 in EGFR gene 4. ECOG score of 0-1 5. Life expectancy over 12 weeks 6. --- L858R ---
Patients with T790M mutations at 20 exon; 18. Woman who are pregnant or lactating. --- T790M ---