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by noobermin 702 days ago
People are now taking TKI inhibitors as first line treatments. It doesn't really cure you, but given long term stable disease, you could end up with late stage cancer patients who don't need chemo for years.

TKIs are for very rare lung cancers but they're quite effective for late stage cancer patients whom have the right type of tumor mutations.