Lung-MAP Launches Trial

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cureitall66
cureitall66 Member Posts: 913
in Head and Neck Cancer #1

There is some hope to come ....Squamous cell lung cancer, is increasingly recognized as consisting of a host of relatively rare genomic subsets, each of which may require treatment with a different targeted drug.

Clinical trial for patients with advanced squamous cell lung cancer:

 

http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/newsfromnci/2014/LungMAPlaunch

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  • hwt
    hwt Member Posts: 2,328 Member
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    thanks for sharing

    always love to hear of a step in the right direction when it comes to fighting the beast

  • donfoo
    donfoo Member Posts: 1,771 Member
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    great news

    Thanks for the link. This is very exciting as it includes the genetic makeup as well as the symtoms to determine the most effective treatments. Going to be an expensive and long trial but it is nice to know these sorts of trails are underway.

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