The biology and management of non-small cell lung cancer

Nature

Volumn 553, Issue 7689, 2018, Pages 446-454

  Herbst, Roy S ^a   Morgensztern, Daniel ^b   Boshoff, Chris ^a,c  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; K RAS PROTEIN; PROTEIN ROS1; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGY; CANCER; CELL; DISEASE; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG; INHIBITOR; TUMOR;

CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); GENETICS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; PRECISION MEDICINE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85041105043     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature25183     Document Type: Review

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