Welcome!
Welcome to the new CancerGRACE.org! Explore our fresh look and improved features—take a quick tour to see what’s new.
Image
… I did some reading and learned that this is a rare and aggressive cancer that is less researched and … response. I will ask a lung cancer specialist to comment. Rare type lung cancers don’t have data from large studies so optimal …
Forum Post - dewrama -
… problems accepting. Hi Daxys, Your Mum has a relatively rare EGFR mutation (exon 18: G719X) that is thought to … deletion were present in 3-4% of all EGFR mutations. Lung cancers harboring these mutations appeared to have higher … Also the pattern of resistance in these rare mutations is different than than the usual ones for Exon …
Forum Post - daxys -
… the growth of a malignant tumor. Also, it would be quite rare for a sclc to take a year to grow to a size that causes … on a structure that causes the symptoms. "Small cell cancers can sometimes act like miniature glands. They can … cancer because of a finding of paraneoplastic is truly a rare case. Dr. West has spent the good part of the last 20 …
Forum Post - rwh37011 -
… Rare Mutation? Submit to Your Master (Protocol): It May Well … tons of great information available on the GRACE website. Rare Mutation? Submit to Your Master (Protocol): It May Well … as "lung cancer" is actually a wide range of different cancers that behave in their own patterns and respond very …
Post - Dr West -
… better than the usual pancreatic cancer. There is another rare kind of mucinous pancreatic cancer that has no cyst and … cancer that has scant but positive mucin. The latter two cancers seem to behave more like the usual pancreatic cancer. … of any treatment differences, so we treat these pancreatic cancers similarly. All the best. [/i] Log in or register to …
Forum Post - patt -
… there are very few "standard" cases, all stage IV lung cancers are challenging in their own way. It sounds like your … right one is found.) If I recall correctly, ALK is very rare in squamous and ROS1 hasn't been found in squamous … could appear in either of those or adenosquamous. They are rare (4% and 1% chance), but the odds of what's left go up as …
Forum Post - sima -
… University of Colorado’s Online Screening for Rare Lung Cancer Subtypes Opens Door to New Kind of Clinical … website. University of Colorado’s Online Screening for Rare Lung Cancer Subtypes Opens Door to New Kind of Clinical … testing is designed to identify patients who may have lung cancers driven by alterations in the gene FGFR1. Patients …
Post - Dr West -
… - my mother has stage IV lung adenocarcinoma with a very rare EGFR exon 18 G719X + exon 20 S768i compound mutation. … but based on the little research on patients with her rare compound mutation (exon 18 G719S + exon 20 S768I) + …
Forum Post - Beh368 -
… that we've been talking about for years that different cancers have very specific molecular profiles (and we''ve … efficiency and scale where it's possible to identify the rare but very actionable molecular target in populations in whom it's far less feasible to do mass screening for a rare target now. -Dr. West Log in or register to post …
Forum Post - laya d. -
… at different treatments for HER2 mutation driven lung cancers showed some good benefit (much better than afatinib, … mutation in the lung (without being in the breast), very rare in lung cancers, but much more common in breast cancers. … sorry to hear of your diagnosis. Yes, HER2 is relatively rare mutation in lung cancer, I beleive about 1% overall, and …
Forum Post - scohn -