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ROS1-rearranged Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.
Thoracic surgery clinics - 1 May 2020
Giustini Nicholas P, Bazhenova Lyudmila
Abstract excerpt
ROS1-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) makes up approximately 1% to 2% of all NSCLC, is oncogenically driven by a constitutively activated ROS1 kinase paired with certain fusion partners, and can be detected by several different assays. These patients are initially treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), which target the activated ROS1 kinase. Eventually these tumors develop resistance to...
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