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A correlation between EGFR gene mutation status and bronchioloalveolar carcinoma features in Japanese patients with adenocarcinoma.
Japanese journal of clinical oncology - 1 Feb 2006
Haneda Hiroshi, Sasaki Hidefumi, Lindeman Neal, Kawano Osamu, Endo Katsuhiko, Suzuki Eriko, Shimizu Shigeki, Yukiue Haruhiro, Kobayashi Yoshihiro, Yano Motoki, Fujii Yoshitaka
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BACKGROUND: The presence of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations in gefitinib-naive lung cancer patients has been reported to be higher in females, in non-smokers, in Japanese, and in adenocarcinoma patients, especially in bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC). To further investigate the prevalence of EGFR mutations in relation to pathological factors, we evaluated EGFR mutations in series of Japanese...
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