written on 27.05.2014

Targeted Therapy in NSCLC Part IV: ALK

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In the fourth in this series on targeted therapy in non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) a new target has emerged recently: anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK). Also known as ALK tyrosine kinase receptor or CD246 (cluster of differentiation 246), the ALK gene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase, which belongs to the insulin receptor superfamily. See […]