showed a trendP = .045
In addition, exploratory biomarker analyses, including the assessment of EGFR gene copy number by FISH, EGFR and p-AKT protein expression by IHC, EGFR, K-RAS and D-RAF mutational status, showed a trend towards a better survival outcome for gefitinib in patients with high EGFR-gene-copy number (HR 0.61 for high copy number and HR 1.16 for low copy number, P = .045), while patients with EGFR mutations obtained higher RR than wild-type patients (37.5% versus 2.6%) [ 31 ].