Is lung cancer about the lung or about DNA?
It could make a crucial difference in how the cancer is treated. At least it did for Bonnie J Addario. A dozen years ago Addario was diagnosed with stage 3B lung cancer. Prestigious doctors told her there was no hope. But she sought second opinions until one oncologist proposed a treatment that worked.
Today Addario's Lung Cancer Foundation works to increase patient knowledge of personalized treatment and DNA studies.
Most patients don't know that some treatments exist for subtle cancer DNA cells.
On the other hand, doctors don't have access to the wealth of information on tumors and their characteristics and treatment outcomes.
Addario hopes to work with other agencies to leverage technology to gather diverse sets of patient information based on ethnicity, gender, age, genome mutation, common health issues, environmental influences, and more.
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