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Drugs that target cells with ntrk gene changes as researchers have learned more about the changes in non small cell lung cancer nsclc cells that help them grow they have developed drugs to specifically target these changes targeted drugs work differently from standard chemotherapy chemo drugs. The treatment landscape for non small cell lung cancer nsclc has dramatically shifted over the past two decades targeted or precision medicine has primarily been responsible for this shift. 1 introduction non small cell lung cancer nsclc accounts for approximately 80 85 of all cases of lung cancer and is the most common cause of death in men and second only to breast cancer in woman treatment of nsclc is guided by disease stage. If you are in otherwise good health treatments such as surgery chemotherapy chemo targeted therapy immunotherapy and radiation therapy may help you live longer and make you feel better by relieving symptoms even though they arent likely to cure you