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...team of researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School, found that a specific mutation in receptors in tumors cells is closely linked to the effectiveness of Iressa, according to the team’s report in yesterday’s online edition of Science magazine...
...group’s research estimated that about 10 percent of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) carry the mutation. A written statement from the research team claimed that the discovery “stands to benefit thousands of patients with non-small cell lung cancer around the world...
...demonstrates how the growing understanding of human biology and the Human Genome Project are converging to produce an immediate effect on cancer care,” he added...
According to the report, there is hope that similar genetic identification techniques will allow drugs such as Iressa to be used on other types of cancer, including colorectal cancer...
...were struck that certain groups of NSCLC patients appear to be more likely to have EGFR mutations,” Johnson said in the press release. “Mutations were more frequent in women, in Japanese patients, and in patients with adenocarcinoma,” a condition where cancer has spread to the lining of the lungs...