Transcription Strikes Back: Clinical Utility of Lung Adenocarcinoma Subtypes.

Skoulidis, Ferdinandos · Clin Cancer Res · 2021

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Abstract

Using transcriptional profiling, three robust subtypes of nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer were defined, independently of initiating oncogenic driver events. Subtype-specific differential sensitivity to MEK1/2 inhibitors was reported and an interaction between the mucinous subtype, <i>STK11/LKB1</i> genomic alterations, and inferior clinical outcomes with atezolizumab in the OAK clinical trial was identified.<i>See related article by Daemen et al., p. 1162</i>.

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