Tag: crizotinib
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Not all lung cancer patients who could benefit from crizotinib are identified …
Not all lung cancer patients who could benefit from crizotinib are identified … Almost specifically a year ago, the FDA approved the drug crizotinib to treat these ALK+ lung cancer patients, who were most likely never smokers. Informed doctors use the test known as a FISH assay to check for the EML4-ALK fusion gene, and…