EGFR and non-small cell lung carcinoma: In previous reports, advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients harboring epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations received an EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) and achieved a progression-free survival (PFS) of 10 months and an overall survival (OS) of 24 months [1–5].