Early years, advanced disease: The unmet need in young adults with non-small cell lung cancer
Early-onset LC is characterized by advanced disease stage, adenocarcinoma histopathology and frequent targetable genomic alterations, especially in patients without a history of smoking. Early diagnosis remains a critical unmet medical need in this subgroup of patients.
Authors
- Martin Metzenmacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5395-9010)
- Marcel Opitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7455-8590)
- Aleksandra Graw
- Dirk Theegarten
- Martin Schüler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2166-3394)
- Christian Taube (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3546-1398)
- Servet Bölükbas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8275-5957)
- Martin Stuschke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6836-0940)
- Fabian Doerr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0878-0406)
- Wilfried Eberhardt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4284-3586)
- Hubertus Hautzel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3581-5264)
- Halime Kalkavan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0090-4080)
- Jane Winantea
- Kaid Darwiche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0681-1325)
- Julius Keyl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5617-091X)
- Marcel Wiesweg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9698-9559)
- Filiz Öezkan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9398-1260)
- Maximilian Webendoerfer
Institutions
- Ruhrlandklinik (DE)
- Landeszentrum Gesundheit Nordrhein-Westfalen (DE)
- Essen University Hospital (DE)
- West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen (DE)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Cancer
- Published
- 2025-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2025.116011
- Primary Topic
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00