EGFR – Precision Medicine: Identifying and attacking genetic flaws | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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Channel: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · 2015 · Science & Technology

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What if we could treat cancer by going after the genes responsible for the disease? Dana-Farber discovered that lung cancer patients with the EGFR mutation responded dramatically to targeted therapies. The findings helped launch the era of precision medicine for lung cancer. Learn more about our discoveries at http://www.DiscoverCareBelieve.org.

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