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. 2017 Sep;5(18):374. doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.07.34

Table 1. Selected biomarkers for early stage lung cancers.

Variables Type Description Status Reference
Clinicopathologic factors
   Disease stage; tumor size Prognostic Survival advantage for patients with stage IB tumors ≥4 cm treated with adjuvant chemotherapy In use (4,16)
Genetic signatures
   Pervenio Lung RS (Life Technologies); myPlan Lung (Myriad) Prognostic Risk stratification Under investigation (22)
Tumor-based proteomics
   ERCC1 Predictive Correlation between absence of ERCC1 expression and platinum response failed to validate due to assay variabilities Failed to validate (23,24)
Molecular targets from the advanced setting
   EGFR, ALK Predictive/prognostic ALCHEMIST study to determine the role of genomic profiling and molecular targets and therapies for early-stage lung cancer Under investigation (25)
   PD-L1 Predictive/prognostic PEARLS study to evaluate pembrolizumab after surgery and standard chemotherapy Under investigation (26)