摘要
Lungcanceristhemostfrequentlydiagnosedcancerandaleadingcauseofcancermortalityworldwide,withadenocarcinomabeingthemostcommonhistologicalsubtype.Deeperunderstandingofthepathobiologyofnon-smallcelllungcancer(NSCLC)hasledtothedevelopmentofsmallmoleculesthattargetgeneticmutationsknowntoplaycriticalrolesinprogressiontometastaticdiseaseandtoinfluenceresponsetotargetedtherapies.Theprinciplegoalofprecisionmedicineistodefinethosepatientpopulationsmostlikelytorespondtotargetedtherapies.However,thecancergenomelandscapeiscomposedofrelativelyfew"mountains"[representingthemostcommonlymutatedgeneslikeKRAS,epidermalgrowthfactor(EGFR),andanaplasticlymphomakinase(ALK)]andavastnumberof"hills"(representinglowfrequencybutpotentiallyactionablemutations).Low-frequencylesionsthataffectadruggablegeneproductallowarelativelysmallpopulationofcancerpatientsfortargetedtherapytobeselected.
出版日期
2014年03月13日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
