Gene panel predicts lung cancer survival, study finds

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Sun, 07/20/2008 - 23:00

(University of Michigan Health System) Researchers from four leading cancer centers have confirmed that an analysis involving a panel of genes can be used to predict which lung cancer patients will have the worst survival.

The finding could one day lead to a test that would help determine who needs more aggressive treatment.


 

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