Newly approved drug effective against lung cancer caused by genetic mutation (IMAGE)
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A new study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that the new drug sotorasib benefits many patients with non-small-cell lung cancer with a specific mutation in the KRAS gene. In a small subset of patients, the drug eliminated all evidence of the tumors. Pictured on the left is a scan showing a lung tumor (yellow circle) that has spread to the muscle. The image on the right shows the same patient after two months of sotorasib therapy. No tumor is visible in the yellow circle on the right.
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SIDDHARTHA DEVARAKONDA
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