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Most recently, results from a case-control study, nested within the NYU Women's Health Study [ 22 ] , indicated that women classified as regular aspirin users were at a marked, and statistically significant, reduced risk of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) compared to women classified as non-users; however, no significant associations were observed for all histological types combined.
As a part of effort to evaluate the newly emerging drugs for lung cancer, we studied the role of Gleevec on non-small cell lung cancer.
We sought to determine the expression levels of PDGF receptors α and β in A549 cells and the primary non-small cell lung carcinoma by immunofluorescent and immunohistochemical staining methods.
Existing data suggest that Gleevec can exert its inhibitory effect on tumor cells through inhibiting PDGF receptor function, and we have shown that the primary non-small cells lung cancer expressed minimal c-Kit.
Tumor stage is the most significant prognostic parameter for 5-year survival, but even patients with non-small cell lung cancer (non-SCLC) in pathologic stage IA disease (a tumor of less than 3 cm diameter located in one lobe of the lung and more than 2 cm from the carina without visceral pleural involvement, atelectasis, or pneumonitis, and absence of metastatic spread to regional lymph nodes) have a 33% chance of recurrence within 5 years after complete surgical resection (lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection) [ 2].