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ALK inhibitors: what is the best way to treat patients with ALK+ non-small-cell lung cancer?
Clinical lung cancer - 1 Sept 2014
Toyokawa Gouji, Seto Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Genetic insight into the pathogenesis of lung cancer has paved the way for a new era in its treatment. Recently, anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) has been identified as exerting a potent transforming effect through genetic rearrangement in patients with lung cancer. Preclinical and single-arm phase I studies have shown that patients with ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) can be successfully...
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