EGFR-positive lung cancer is a type of lung cancer with an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation. In the United States, around 10% to 15% of lung cancers are EGFR-positive. Most of these ...
There's no doubt lung cancer has a genetic component. You can inherit genetic mutations (alterations in your genes) that increase your risk for lung cancer. However, you acquire most mutations during ...
Lin’s lung cancer is driven by a mutation that can occur when a protein on the surface of some cells, called the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), goes haywire and starts dividing out of ...