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  • The lung cancer drug, by contrast, blocks an aberrant protein called ALK that is found in only about 5 percent of non-small-cell lung tumors.

    Significant Advances in Two of the Hardest to Treat Cancers | Impact Lab 2010

  • Experts say that even though the drug might be useful for only 5 percent of non-small-cell lung cancer patients, that would still be about 10,000 people a year in the United States and 40,000 worldwide.

    Significant Advances in Two of the Hardest to Treat Cancers | Impact Lab 2010

  • The companies have been developing the drug, motesanib, to be taken with the existing treatments paclitaxel and carboplatin to fight advanced nonsquamous, non-small-cell lung cancer.

    Amgen Cancer Drug Fails in Late-Stage Study Matt Jarzemsky 2011

  • Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, or NICE, said it is upholding an earlier decision not to recommend the daily drug for maintenance use for patients suffering from non-small-cell lung cancer, who have had treatment to stabilize their disease.

    Roche Fails in U.K. Drug Appeal Goran Mijuk 2011

  • Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, or NICE, said it is upholding an earlier decision not to recommend the daily drug for maintenance use for patients suffering from non-small-cell lung cancer, who have had treatment to stabilize their disease.

    Roche Fails in U.K. Drug Appeal Goran Mijuk 2011

  • One is an ALK inhibitor for cancer that works very well in a small subset of non-small-cell lung cancer patients.

    Two Pharma Stocks Set For Success Wallace Forbes 2011

  • The test, called SNaPshot, has been used to identify mutations at more than 50 sites in 14 key genes in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer NSCLC, and is now being offered to patients with a range of other cancers.

    Multiple gene test allows more targeted treatment of cancer 2011

  • Take the case of Metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer.

    Zack Cooper: The Case for End-of-Life Care Gets Stronger Zack Cooper 2010

  • Specifically, evidence has also shown that people with a variety of cancers including breast, lymphoid, cervical, head and neck, and the "non-small-cell" type of lung cancer related to the drugs, died earlier than those who were not taking the ESA drugs.

    Anemia drugs deemed risky for people with cancer 2010

  • Specifically, evidence has also shown that people with a variety of cancers including breast, lymphoid, cervical, head and neck, and the "non-small-cell" type of lung cancer related to the drugs, died earlier than those who were not taking the ESA drugs.

    Anemia drugs deemed risky for people with cancer 2010

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