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Creating a lung adenocarcinoma canvas, one brush stroke at a time
In their carefully characterized large cohort of resected adenocarcinomas reported in this issue of the Journal, Takamochi and colleagues1 demonstrate that epidermal growth factor receptor gene (EGFR) mutations are associated with better prognoses and that subtypes of mutations are not. With nearly 1000 patients analyzed, the study serves as an important guidepost as we navigate treatment courses, weighing the relative importance of each genetic change —particularly driver mutations in lung cancer, both adenocarcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas.
Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - July 22, 2017 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Sai Yendamuri Tags: Editorial commentary Source Type: research