This webinar presents data from the Flaura trial and shows the clinical utility of liquid biopsy in identifying non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who may benefit from targeted TKI therapies. .

Recently, the US Food and Drug Administration approved AstraZeneca's Tagrisso (osimertinib) for first-line treatment of patients diagnosed with advanced NSCLC whose tumors have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R mutations. This approval expanded the options for clinicians to use tyrosine kinase inhibitors to treat their patients with newly diagnosed EGFR-mutated NSCLC.

In parallel to this approval, the FDA also approved expanded indications for the use of the cobas EFGR Mutation Test v2 as a companion diagnostic to Tagrisso with either tumor tissue or plasma.

This webinar reviews the key findings from the Phase III FLAURA trial that supported these approvals. Additionally, as lung cancer has been at the forefront for liquid biopsies, this webinar will present data supporting the clinical utility of liquid biopsy in providing patients with a) a non-invasive alternative to a traditional tumor biopsy when no tissue is available, and b) faster time to results about their tumor mutation status, thus allowing physicians to initiate targeted therapy expeditiously when warranted.