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An experimental therapy has shown a high response rate and helps shrink tumours in lung cancer patients with a specific form of genetic alteration, according to results of a clinical trial.

The original article can be found at: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/1064628/lung-cancer-treatment-shrinks-tumours

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This report describes a new treatment targeted at a genetic sub-type of lung cancer. It is early days in the study of the drug and the researchers may be over-enthusiastic in describing the results as 'quite dramatic'. Comment from an independent expert could have put the results from this small study in realistic context.

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