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A unique signature set of genes involved in cell death could help distinguish between lung cancer patients who will die early and those who will survive longer, potentially pointing the way to better diagnose and treat patients, according to new research from Medical College of Georgia.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women and will kill 131,880 people this year, including 4,200 in Georgia and 2,550 in South Carolina, according to the American Cancer Society s Cancer Facts & Figures 2021. While survival has increased in many cancers over the last several decades with improved diagnostics and therapies, the five-year survival rate for lung cancer remains around 21%, the cancer society showed.