Abstract

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide; its 5-year survival rate is only 15%. The therapy for this disease is improving with the advent of new targeted therapies, agents that are potentially more effective and less toxic. This has resulted from a better understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of this disease with the advent of new drugs or combinations for this disease. In February 2007, a 3-day conference in Santa Monica was sponsored by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, which brought together 50 world experts in the treatment of this disease.

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