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Turning the tide in lung cancer

Researchers are testing a slew of targeted therapeutic strategies in lung cancer. Signs are emerging that these therapies are gaining increasing traction in what has long been one of oncology's minefields. Malorye Allison investigates.

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Allison, M. Turning the tide in lung cancer. Nat Biotechnol 28, 999–1002 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1010-999

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