Sentences with phrase «identifying patients with lung cancer»

Rhodes claims that in his research, the kit has had 85 percent accuracy in identifying patients with lung cancer.

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Research from McMaster University has identified new regulators of brain metastases in patients with lung cancer.

The difference with Xalkori is that a test exists to identify that slim percentage of lung cancer patients (about 8,000 people in the United States and 40,000 worldwide each year) who would respond well.

With the blood test, it is possible, at a very early stage of cancer (colon cancer, gastric cancer, lung cancer) to identify patients who are at high risk of developing life - threatening metastases.

Lung cancer treatment is an evolving field of science, currently there are several pathways under investigation as a possible treatment target.1 - 3 Targeted treatment is currently considered to be more efficient compared to the non-specific cytotoxic drugs, however; the small number of patients identified with mutations, limit the application of these drugs.