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Review
. 2021 Jan:133:111079.
doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.111079. Epub 2020 Dec 4.

Breakthrough in targeted therapy for non-small cell lung cancer

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Breakthrough in targeted therapy for non-small cell lung cancer

Zhencong Ye et al. Biomed Pharmacother. 2021 Jan.
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Abstract

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains by far the single most common malignancy of lung cancer which causes more and more mortality in recent years. NSCLC accounts for more than 80 % of lung cancers, and the vast majority of patients were found to be in advanced inoperable stages. Chemotherapy used to be the main treatment for NSCLC, but due to its obvious side effects. Chemotherapy gradually withdrew from the stage of history. In recent years, cellular and molecular biotechnology has developed rapidly, and researchers have begun to target key genes and regulatory molecules for treatment. Targeted drugs have also emerged. The purpose of this review is to introduce important research achievements in recent years and the treatment progress of new drugs.

Keywords: ALK; Chemotherapy; EGFR; Non-small cell lung cancer; Targeted therapy.

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