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Statistically, lung cancer kills nearly as many people as the next three cancers combined \u2013 and more women die of lung cancer than from breast and ovarian cancer combined,\u201d according to the American Cancer Society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">NSCLC accounts for 80-85% of lung cancer cases, and is the most common type of lung cancer in people who do not smoke.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is more common in women than men, more likely to occur in young people than other types of lung cancer, and often produces a small chance of survival beyond 5 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Patients with RET driven NSCLC have fusions between their RET gene and other DNA segments, which can lead to the over-production of proteins that spur the growth of cancer cells. \u201cWe all have RET genes in our bodies, a parallel to the light switches in our homes. When a person has a RET alteration, instead of turning on and off as it should, the \u2018light switch\u2019 gets stuck in the on-position and causes cells to constantly divide and cancer to grow.\u201d According to Daniel Stromberg, Scientific Liaison for The Happy Lungs Project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Presenters at the event will include John V. Heymach of MD Anderson Cancer Center, Alexander Drilon of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Justin F. Gainor of Mass General Research Institute \/ Harvard Medical School, and Steven Artandi of the Stanford Cancer Institute. Additional researchers, clinicians, and pharmaceutical representatives will participate in the follow-up discussion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/happylungsproject.org\/\">The Happy Lungs Project<\/a> is a newly formed 501C3 public charity whose mission is to support researchers and clinicians in finding dependable treatments and ultimately a cure for RET Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, while providing hopeful and helpful information to empower patients in their own journey and healing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/retpositive.org\">RETpositive<\/a> is a patient-driven support and advocacy group that aims to improve the quality of life and life expectancy of RET-positive cancer patients.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1288","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-research"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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