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Activated Signaling Pathway May Predict Lung Cancer Patients' Response to Gefitinib
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There are multiple signaling pathways in a cell that control its behavior,
such as the ability to survive and divide rapidly. A new study in the August 4
issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has found that,
among patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumor cells
contain a specific activated signaling pathway, the cancer drug