EGFR and non-small cell lung carcinoma: A literature review of clinical studies published between January 2013 and June 2016 was conducted using PubMed and MEDLINE, with the entry keywords ‘non-small cell lung cancer,’ ‘epidermal growth factor receptor T790M mutation,’ ‘osimertinib,’ ‘rociletinib,’ ‘olmutinib,’ ‘EGF816,’ and ‘ASP8273.’ We also performed a manual search of the abstracts presented at major oncology meetings.