What Is Targeted Therapy For Lung Cancer?

What is targeted therapy? Targeted therapies are medications that target the specific mutations within cancer cells. When you were first diagnosed, you should have molecular testing done of your lung cancer to see if there’s a particular targeted therapy that could be right for you. The most common mutations or targets tested for in non-small lung cancer cells are EGFR, ALK, and ROS1. I’m living with EGFR lung cancer. Make sure you speak to your doctor to find out if a targeted therapy is right for you.

In my case, I had a biopsy done on the lung cancer when I was first diagnosed and that revealed that I had the EGFR mutation. This was critical in terms of the treatment my oncologist set out for me, and it’s something that you need to make sure you get done.

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