Sentences with phrase «alk gene alterations»
Among patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) fueled by ALK gene alterations who were being treated with crizotinib (Xalkori), a decrease in the number of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) harboring increased copies of the ALK gene over the first two months of treatment was associated with increased progression - free survival.
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Previous studies of genetic alterations in lymphoma and lung cancer have found that certain genetic mutations — specifically when part of a gene breaks off and gets fused to another — can inappropriately switch on ALK, driving cancer cells to grow and divide.