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Thomas J. Lynch Jr.
Thomas Lynch is a lung cancer oncologist who co-discovered EGFR mutations and now leads Fred Hutch.
Thoracic oncologist whose 2004 NEJM paper identified EGFR mutations as the reason some lung cancers respond to gefitinib. Previously led Yale Cancer Center and Massachusetts General Hospital's cancer centre; president of Fred Hutch since 2020.
Role
President and Director, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Institution
Specialisms
Lung cancerTargeted therapyCancer center leadership
| Title | Journal | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Activating mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor underlying responsiveness of non-small-cell lung cancer to gefitinib | New England Journal of Medicine | 2004 |
| Cetuximab and first-line taxane/carboplatin chemotherapy in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: results of the randomized multicenter phase III trial BMS099 | Journal of Clinical Oncology | 2010 |