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BTH

06/21/11 7:42 PM

#9673 RE: bladerunner1717 #9670

Sorry, I do not.
I'm sure I could find it, but it's likely biomaven, poorgradstudent, or a couple of others know this offhand.

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DonShimoda

06/22/11 8:02 AM

#9679 RE: bladerunner1717 #9670

EGFR mutations are most commonly found in patients who have never smoked. In the US of the approximately 220,000 patients who are diagnosed with lung cancer each year, about 10%-15%, or 20,000 to 30,000 are never smokers. Of these, around 40% express egfr so my best guess is that around 8,000 to 12,000 patients in the US have the mutation.

With over 1 million deaths worldwide from lung cancer. obviously, the number is higher worldwide. Also, the non-US numbers may be much higher as the egfr mutation is most common in non-smoking, asian women.