EGFR and non-small cell lung carcinoma: Afatinib is an oral irreversible ErbB family blocker that targets epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR/ErbB1), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2/ErbB2), and HER4 (ErbB4) and is approved for the first-line treatment of advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with certain sensitizing EGFR mutations.