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Table 1 The primary outcome

From: Impact on prognosis of rebiopsy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients after epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment: a systematic review

  

n

KQ 1

Does rebiopsy in the 1st or 2nd generation EGFR-TKI refractory patients improve prognosis?

1

KQ 2

What are the rebiopsy samples?

98

KQ 3

How are EGFR gene mutations detected?

93

KQ 4

Is the benefit of liquid biopsy greater than the harm?

1

KQ 4’

Is the benefit of tissue rebiopsy greater than the harm?

8

KQ 5

How often is T790M mutation detected in the 1st or 2nd generation EGFR-TKI refractory cases?

99

KQ 6

How is the prognosis when the 3rd generation EGFR- TKI is administered to T790M positive cases?

11

KQ 7

Is the benefit of the 3rd generation EGFR-TKI to T790M positive cases greater than the harm?

1

KQ 8

How is the prognosis of T790M negative cases?

29

KQ 9

How is the prognosis when rebiopsy is not performed in the 1st or 2nd generation EGFR-TKI refractory cases?

1

  1. The key questions (KQs) and the number of articles which answer to each KQ are shown