Lung cancer has slowly become one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In India, it accounts for almost 13% of the total cancer cases and 18% of the total cancer deaths in the world. Lung cancer is mostly associated with smoking but there are certain cancer sub-types which are most prevalent in non-smokers too. Adenocarcinoma, a subgroup of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is found to be most prevalent in the Indian subcontinent with 52.7% to 39.5% incidence rate.
It is mostly diagnosed in the advanced stage of cancer rendering limited treatment options coupled with poor response to standard chemotherapy and low survival rate. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has been one form of the receptor which has been found to be associated with malignant tumours including NSCLC. It is a type of transmembrane receptor protein kinase found in the extracellular leukaemia viral oncogene…
