For A Lung Cancer, Drug Treatment May Be Within Reach

By GINA KOLATA, New York Times
Sun, 09/09/2012 - 10:11am

Lung Cancer

A comprehensive study of the genetics of a common lung cancer finds that more than half the tumors have mutations that might be treated by drugs that are already in the pipeline or that could be developed.

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