Cancer Statistics

Oct 9, 2016 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Cancer Statistics

Fig. 1 Lung cancer incidence and mortality rates by sex and age, United States, 2006–2010. Rates are per 100,000 and age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population During 2006–2010, the…

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Lung Cancers in the Era of Targeted Therapy

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Fig. 1 KRAS signaling. KRAS acts to integrate external signals from extracellular ligands that bind transmembrane growth factor receptors. The KRAS protein is localized to the cell membrane via farnesylation…

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Therapy

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Fig. 1 The tumor microenvironment is a heterogeneous and complex system of tumor cells and ‘normal’ stromal cells, including endothelial cells and their precursors, pericytes, smooth-muscle cells, and fibroblasts of…

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Cancer in Never Smokers

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Risk factor Risk ratio Comments References Second hand smoke 1.34 Prospective nested case control in Europe [27] 1.23 (spouse) 1.27 (workplace) Pooled analysis from two case controls US & Europe…

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Resistance in Lung Cancer

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Fig. 1 A simplified overview of platinum resistance in lung cancer. Pt platinum, CTR1 copper transporter 1, GSH glutathione, BCRP breast cancer resistance protein Table 1 Tumor factors contributing to…

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Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) Signaling in Lung Cancer

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Aamir Ahmad and Shirish Gadgeel (eds.)Lung Cancer and Personalized MedicineAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology89310.1007/978-3-319-24223-1_9 Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) Signaling in Lung Cancer Sai-Hong Ignatius Ou1   and Keisuke Shirai2 (1) Chao Family…

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Therapy in Lung Cancer

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Fig. 1 Ways to leave your EGFR inhibitor: biochemical pathways leading to resistance to small molecule EGFR drugs such as gefitinib and erlotinib. (a) Structures of two approved EGFR TKIs,…

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in Personalized Therapy of Lung Cancer

Oct 9, 2016 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on in Personalized Therapy of Lung Cancer

Fig. 1 Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signal transduction (Reprinted with permission from Roskoski. CROH 2007 62(3):179–213) The role of serum VEGF (VEGF-A) in tumor growth and development has been…

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