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National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: non-small cell lung cancer [internet publication].Full text

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Lung cancer: diagnosis and management. March 2024 [internet publication].Full text

European Society for Medical Oncology. Oncogene-mediated metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: ESMO clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Jan 2023 [internet publication].Full text

Hendriks L E, Kerr K, Menis J, et al. on behalf of the ESMO Guidelines Committee. Non-oncogene-addicted metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer: ESMO clinical practice guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Jan 2023;34(4):358-76.Full text

Reuss JE, Kuruvilla S, Ismaila N, et al. Therapy for stage IV non-small cell lung cancer with driver alterations: ASCO living guideline, version 2025.1. J Clin Oncol. 2025 Aug 20;43(24):e31-44.Full text  Abstract

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