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Scientists uncover promising new way to treat an ‘undruggable’ type of lung cancer

Summary by manchester.ac.uk
Breakthrough research led by scientists in Manchester has identified a new drug combination that could improve outcomes for thousands of patients with lung cancer driven by a rare type of KRAS mutation, offering hope for patients worldwide with this difficult-to-treat subtype of lung cancer.A study published in Cancer Discovery, focuses on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) which accounts for around 20% of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Mutati…
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Patients with KRAS-G13C mutated lung cancer cannot yet be specifically treated. A selective active substance has now greatly reduced the growth of cancer cells and achieved great treatment successes in combination with chemotherapy in preclinical cancer models. The transition to the clinic could "be quite fast." Manchester (England). Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) accounts for about 85 percent of all lung cancer cases, i.e. around 1.5 millio…

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manchester.ac.uk broke the news on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.
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