Abstract:〔Abstract〕 Objective To investigate the effect of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) -tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) targeting therapy on serum tumor markers and survival in elderly patients with advanced lung cancer with unknown EGFR mutation status but dominant mutation. Methods Twenty elderly patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma admitted to Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Area Hospital from October 2019 to May 2021 were selected. All patients had unknown EGFR mutation status but had dominant mutation characteristics. The patients were randomly divided into two groups with 10 cases each. Observation group received EGFR-TKI (gefitinib) targeted therapy, and control group received albumin paclitaxel and cisplatin chemotherapy. After 3 months of treatment, clinical efficacy was evaluated, and serum samples were collected before and after treatment to determine the index levels of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), cytokeratin 19 fragment (CYFRA21-1) and squamous cell carcinoma associated antigen (SCC). All patients were followed up for 1 year and their quality of life was evaluated by KPS scores. Results There was no significant difference in the total effective rate between the two groups (P > 0.05). After treatment, CEA, CYFRA21-1 and SCC in 2 groups were decreased to varying degrees, and after 3 months of treatment, CEA, CYFRA21-1 and SCC in observation group were lower than those in control group, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). After treatment, the quality of life scores of the two groups were improved to varying degrees, and after 3 months of treatment, the observation group was higher than the control group, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). The survival rate of 8 patients (80.00%) in the observation group was higher than that of 2 patients (20.00%) in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion The application of EGFR-TKI targeting in the treatment of elderly advanced lung cancer with unknown EGFR mutation status but dominant mutation characteristics has certain effect, good downregulation of tumor marker values, satisfactory improvement in survival therapy and significant improvement in survival.