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Mutated lung cancer responds to targeted therapy

lc genes.jpgAmong patients with advanced unresectable cancer, the presence of a mutation strongly corresponded with response to targeted therapy, but not to chemotherapy. Mutation-positive patients achieved a median survival of 3.6 years as compared with 1.6 years for mutation-negative patients.

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