作者: Jeffrey J. Tanguay , Shirin Karimi , David M. Hwang , Ming-Sound Tsao
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-8050-2_13
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摘要: The past decade has seen a dramatic revolution in the treatment of lung cancer, resulting large part from discovery specific molecular alterations that render tumors with these abnormalities amenable to targeted therapies. Many affect intracellular signaling pathways promote growth and survival tumor cells inhibit apoptosis. As result, pathologists must be aware increasing number tests now being implemented as routine diagnostic algorithms for personalizing cancers. Here, we review are commonly present cancers discuss currently clinical use, an emphasis on epidermal factor receptor mutations anaplastic lymphoma kinase-1 (ALK) rearrangements non-small cell cancer. Other emerging, potentially targetable aberrations also discussed, including those small carcinoma.