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Vilanova underwent an operation to remove a tumor from his lung after suffering a recurrence of a problem on his parotid gland -- located at the back of his mouth.
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Working independently, Meyerson's team at Dana-Farber and a group of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital led by cancer geneticist Daniel Haber analyzed tumor samples from lung cancer patients who'd taken Iressa, and searched for mutations in the EGFR gene.
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Its most promising cancer drug in testing helps just 5% of lung cancer patients with a particular tumor mutation.
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After having a tumor removed from his lung in May, it emerged he had more cancer, though it is now in remission.
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Additional studies will evaluate the effectiveness of the pill in glioblastoma, a lethal brain tumor, small-cell lung cancer and prostate cancer.
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Then, in October, a CT scan showed that the tumor deposits in her left lung and chest and lymph nodes had grown substantially.
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He blames it for a tumor he developed in his right lung and cysts on his fingers.
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Instead of aiming at broad tumor categories, such as all patients with lung cancer or colon cancer, the new medicines target specific subsets of patients whose tumors have particular gene mutations.
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In another trial reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors reported that 57% of 82 lung cancer patients with the ALK gene alteration experienced dramatic tumor shrinkage with the Pfizer drug.
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To cure difficult cancers of the colon, pancreas and lung may require "cocktails" of new drugs, each attacking the tumor in a different way.
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It said that 80 percent of lung cancer deaths could be prevented with CAT scans, just by revealing the tumor.
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