Sentences with phrase «for alk»

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This is good news, although research has lagged in coming up with companion diagnostics like those for ALK or EGFR — which means that many of the new drugs are still administered in a trial - and - error fashion to determine which will work for individual patients.

The updated guideline will include new recommendations for ALK testing by IHC, ALK - EGFR resistance, and a number of emerging target molecular targets which will include, but is not limited to, ROS1, MET, ERBB2, RET, NTRK1.

«This study demonstrates the value of testing lung cancer tissue for an ALK rearrangement, and it underscores the potential of cancer genomics to target cancer treatments to each patient,» says the study's senior author, Pasi A. Jänne, MD, PhD, who is the director of the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology of Dana - Farber.

In the group that received targeted treatment for ALK - positive lung cancer, each category of tumor reduction was associated with corresponding gains in PFS and OS.

After enriching for CTCs, the researchers analyzed the samples for ALK rearrangements and for an increase in the number of copies of the ALK gene.

Three patient samples were positive for ALK — these patients with peritoneal mesothelioma were women with no history of asbestos or radiation therapy exposure.

They also looked in samples collected from patients with pleural mesothelioma — the more common form of the diseases — but none of those samples were positive for ALK.

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In the UK, two rival products are approved for sale from Danish drugmaker ALK - Abello and from Valeant's Bausch and Lomb division.

In the United Kingdom, two rival products are approved for sale from Danish drugmaker ALK - Abello and from Valeant's Bausch and Lomb division.

It's also a profit center, given the current rates charged by providers like Gogo (gogo), which is used by Alaska Airlines (alk) and United Airlines (ual), Gogo charges $ 7 an hour or $ 19 per day for access.

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And remember, I'm not alking about the religion of Christianity, but the aspect of my life where I believe in Jesus for eternal life, and try to follow His leading and His example.

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For example, a fusion of ALK with EML4 occurs in about 5 % of cancers and is linked to strong patient response to treatment with crizotinib.

The FDA has approved several ALK inhibitors for treating non-small cell lung cancer.

In his own practice, Chirieac is routinely examining for the presence of ALK rearrangements for patients with mesothelioma and educating his residents about this new finding.

Median progression - free survival for the 13 patients who had a decrease in the number of CTCs with ALK copy number gain was 14.0 months, while the median progression - free survival for the 16 patients who had stable or increased numbers of CTCs with ALK copy number gain was 6.1 months.

Phase I / II clinical trial results reported at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2015 show promising results for investigational drug brigatinib against ALK + non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with 58 of 78 ALK + patients responding to treatment, including 50 of 70 patients who had progressed after previous treatment with crizotinib, the first licensed ALK inhibitor.

Multiplexed genetic screening for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene rearrangements and subsequent biomarker - guided treatment is cost - effective compared with standard chemotherapy treatment without any molecular testing in the metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) setting in the United States.

Dorothy Romanus, lead author of the study, states «this analysis supports the value of multiplexed testing for EGFR and ALK gene rearrangements followed by molecularly - guided therapy in decisions surrounding coverage of related testing and targeted therapy.

«Testing for EGFR mutations, ALK rearrangements is cost - effective in NSCLC..»

«With immunotherapies, there were better outcomes for deeper responses, but it didn't break down the same way as with targeted treatment against ALK - positive cancer,» Doebele says.

This will establish sequential crizotinib followed by a second generation ALK inhibitor as the standard treatment for patients with metastatic ALK positive lung cancer.»

For example, the drug crizotinib approved to treat ALK - positive lung cancer, showed a PFS of 10.9 months.

Partnering with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed Doebele and colleagues to access clinical trial data describing initial tumor response, PFS and OS for 305 patients with stage IIIb or IV non-small cell lung cancer on trials of ALK inhibitors and 355 similar patients on trials of immunotherapies directed at PD - 1.

Since whole - brain radiation is associated with significant cognitive effects and the use of additional radiation therapy for progression is common in this population, the Yale researchers suspect that patients with the ALK mutation would benefit from radiation focused on individual metastases.

Testing for the EGFR mutation and ALK rearrangements and the use of targeted therapies have given lung cancer patients the chance for survival, along with improved quality of life and time with loved ones.

In October of 2014, The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee (CPGC) endorsed the CAP / IASLC / AMP guideline for EGFR and ALK molecular testing.

But the diagnostic test, which checks to see if a patient's tumor carries a mutation in a gene coding for anaplastic lymphoma kinase, called ALK, is just $ 250.

«For about 80 percent of our patients with lung cancer, we don't have tests like [the one for] ALK to tell us what treatments will work best,» Shaw saFor about 80 percent of our patients with lung cancer, we don't have tests like [the one for] ALK to tell us what treatments will work best,» Shaw safor] ALK to tell us what treatments will work best,» Shaw says.

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Kinases are also druggable targets, as seen by the success of kinase - inhibitors in earning FDA approval (including, for example, crizotinib against ALK - fusion and erlotinib against EGFR).

Thus, alectinib has been developed and approved for use as an ALK kinase inhibitor.

[38] A retrospective study of 90 patients with ALK - rearranged NSCLC metastatic to the brain found that OS after the development of brain metastases was still prolonged at approximately 4 years (49.5 months), with patients frequently having multiple opportunities for salvage SRS at recurrence; 45 % of patients on follow - up had progressive brain metastases at death.

Extended survival and prognostic factors for patients with ALK - rearranged non-small-cell lung cancer and brain metastasis.

BETHESDA, MD. — June 28, 2016 — The College of American Pathologists (CAP), the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), and the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) announced today the open comment period for the revised evidence - based guideline, «Molecular Testing Guideline for Selection of Lung Cancer Patients for EGFR and ALK Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors.»

Inhibition of the mTOR pathway interferes with essential proliferation and survival pathways in ALK + ALCL and might form the basis for a novel therapeutic strategy.

Not all lung cancers are linked to ALK mutations, so the drug crizotinib, which inhibits the mutant enzyme, is prescribed only for that small subgroup of lung cancer patients.

Patients with ALK - positive lung tumors may be candidates for targeted therapies that can improve prognosis and decrease risk for side effects.

Genentech's lung cancer drug Alecensa received FDA's conditional approval for the treatment of ALK - positive lung cancer.

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ACT - activated clotting time (bleeding disorders) ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenal gland function) Ag - antigen test for proteins specific to a disease causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white blood cell Baso basophil — type of white blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder (liver function) Bili bilirubin (bile pigment responsible for jaundice from liver disease or RBC destruction) BP - blood pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood pressure, tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white blood cell Fecal, flotation, direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white blood cell MRI magnetic resonance imaging (advanced tissue imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red blood cell — immature red blood cell (bone marrow damage, lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function) spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin - like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)