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Tag: biomarker testing

Experimental MET Inhibitor Saves A Lung Cancer Patient’s Life

How An Experimental MET Inhibitor Saved Laura Greco’s Life A freak car accident – one that, by all rights, should have killed her – might have saved Laura Greco’s life. While driving home with her then six-year-old son from...
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First 7 steps in the face of a lung cancer diagnosis

Take these steps in your lung cancer journeyDownload a printable version of The First 7 Steps and get access to the First 7 Steps Resource Library to start creating your action plan through your personalized lung cancer journey. Take...
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KRAS Biomarker in Lung Cancer | Hope With Answers℠

Currently, the biomarkers that have been identified for potential targeted therapy treatments for lung cancer are: EGFR, ALK, KRAS, MET, HER2, ROS1, BRAF, RET, NTRK1, PID3CA, MED1, VEGFR2, HER3, and IGF-1R. Of those, so far only EGFR, ALK+, and...
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Seeing Lung Cancer as a Chronic Disease: Michael Weitz’s Story

"Lung cancer becoming a chronic disease," is a dream of  Dr. Michael Weitz.  This emergency room physician attributes new research in detection along with new treatments are moving towards this reality. In 2005, then 49-year-old Michael Weitz was having...
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EGFR Biomarker | Hope With Answers℠

Currently, the biomarkers that have been identified for potential targeted therapy treatments for lung cancer are: EGFR, ALK, KRAS, MET, HER2, ROS1, BRAF, RET, NTRK1, PID3CA, MED1, VEGFR2, HER3, and IGF-1R.  Of those, so far only EGFR, ALK and...
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ALK Positive Biomarker | Hope With Answers℠

Currently, the biomarkers that have been identified for potential targeted therapy treatments for lung cancer are: EGFR, ALK, KRAS, MET, HER2, ROS1, BRAF, RET, NTRK1, PID3CA, MED1, VEGFR2, HER3, and IGF-1R.  Of those, so far only EGFR, ALK+, and...
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A Cough and Lung Cancer: Frank McKenna’s Story

A personal trainer with a bothersome cough 56-year-old Frank McKenna has been a personal trainer for over 20 years. At the time of his diagnosis in July 2016, not only was he in top physical shape, he knew his...
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Lung Cancer Biomarker Testing | Hope With Answers℠

Biomarker testing is key in today’s world of personalized medicine. Lung cancer biomarker testing, also known as genetic mutation testing, or genomic testing, looks for the mutations, or “specific biomarkers” in the cells of a tumor. These biomarkers can...
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Thanks to New Science, Lung Cancer Patients Are Living Longer Than Ever

From Oprah Magazine, April, 2018: The disease that used to be a death sentence isn’t necessarily so anymore. Some women are managing it—and even thriving. When Linnea Olson was told in June 2008 that the cancer she’d been battling…

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Lung Cancer Screenings Are Down

From Diagnostic Imaging An early analysis shows that low-dose CT screening for lung cancer has still not fully rebounded, leading to later detection of cancers. The news may not be surprising, but a study published today verifies wha…

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