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Research Progress on RET Fusion in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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Final survival results for the LURET phase II study of vandetanib in previously treated patients with RET-rearranged advanced non-small cell lung cancer

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Summary: RET rearrangements in NSCLC act as a potential therapeutic target, with selective RET inhibitors showing higher efficacy rates and good tolerability, providing hope for patients with RET-positive NSCLC. Ongoing phase III clinical trials will definitively establish the efficacy of these inhibitors in RET-positive NSCLC patients.

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