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Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Combination of "smart drugs" may work for bronchioalveolar carcinoma

Published in Clinical Oncology Week, June 30th, 2003

A new study suggests the combination of two new "smart drugs" may be effective in treating bronchioalveolar carcinoma (BAC), a type of non-small cell lung cancer generally considered resistant to chemotherapy.

Researchers from University of California, Davis, Cancer Center reported the finding at the American Society for Clinical Oncology annual meeting held in June 2003.

About 3% of all lung cancer patients have pure BAC tumors, and about 20% of all non-small cell lung cancers possess some BAC features. Unlike most lung cancers, BAC occurs more frequently in women than in men, and more frequently in non smokers than in smokers. It appears to be...

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