Clinical significance of ras oncogene activation in human lung cancer.

Article

Clinical significance of ras oncogene activation in human lung cancer.

Cancer research - 1 May 1992

Rodenhuis S, Slebos R J

Abstract excerpt

Activation of ras oncogenes is commonly found in human neoplasms. We have investigated 280 human lung cancer specimens for ras activation, including 38 that have not been reported previously, using an oligonucleotide detection assay. From a total of 141 adenocarcinoma samples from smokers, 41 tes...

Topics

Genes, ras
Humans
Lung Neoplasms
Mutation
Prognosis

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