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BATTLE Biopsy Data Shed Light on Cause of Chemoresistant Lung Cancer
BATTLE Biopsy Data Shed Light on Cause of Chemoresistant Lung Cancer
S Freeman
20100615
2010 Jul 15
Elsevier Global Medical News
BATTLE Biopsy Data Shed Light on Cause of Chemoresistant Lung Cancer
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Jul 15, S Freeman
PARIS (EGMN) - Alterations in the expression of a well-known cancer gene called Myc may explain why some patients with non-small cell lung cancer are resistant to the effects of platinum-based chemotherapy.The first results of a gene expression profiling analysis of NSCLC samples, taken prospectively from patients during the BATTLE trial, were presented at the Worldwide Innovative Networking in Personalized Cancer Medicine Symposium."Myc is downregulated in treatment-refractory non-small cell lung...