title: Lung cancer treatment - Biology based decision, from gene to histology.
abstract: Lung cancer is the main cause of cancer mortality in the whole world. Until now, scientific and technologic developments didn't reduce significantly the mortality rate. The research of new therapeutical strategies based on individual characteristics has constituted one of the main goals of the last years. Difficulties in the samples collection, execution in useful time and standardization of the involved technologies have been the main obstacles. The target therapies and the customization of chemotherapy for individual patient are two of the fields that potentially will be able, in short-term, to determine important benefits for lung cancer patients. Rev Port Pneumol 2008; XIV (Sup.2): S27-S34.
authors.forename: Venceslau Pinto
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Hespanhol
keywords: Lung cancer treatment; Tratamento do cancro do pulmão; customization cancer therapy; polimorfismos; polymorphisms; target therapy; terapêutica dirigida a alvos; terapêutica oncológica individualizada