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K-ras mutation in sputum of primary lung cancer patients does not always reflect that of cancerous cells.
International journal of oncology - 1 Jan 2001
Nakajima E, Hirano T, Konaka C, Ikeda N, Kawate N, Ebihara Y, Kato H
Abstract excerpt
K-ras mutation in sputum was examined using mutant-allele-specific amplification method among 100 primary lung cancer and 15 non-oncological patients. K-ras mutation was detected in 11 out of 59 adenocarcinoma cases (18.6%), 5 out of 32 squamous cell carcinoma cases (15.6%), 2 out of 4 large cell...
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