Landmark genomic study of lung cancer published in Nature

Scientists announced the results of the largest genomic study to date of lung adenocarcinoma, the most common form of lung cancer. Led by researchers from the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and other research institutions nationwide, the collaborative study unearthed a variety of genetic alterations in patient tumors and pinpointed 26 frequently altered genes — more than doubling the number already linked to the disease. The work, which appears in the October 23 advance online edition of the journal Nature, draws upon multiple large-scale approaches to highlight key molecular defects in lung tumors that are often found in other forms of cancer, a...

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