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Assessment of epidermal growth factor receptor mutation by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration.
Chest - 1 Aug 2007
Nakajima Takahiro, Yasufuku Kazuhiro, Suzuki Makoto, Hiroshima Kenzo, Kubo Rieko, Mohammed Sherif, Miyagi Yohei, Matsukuma Shoichi, Sekine Yasuo, Fujisawa Takehiko
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BACKGROUND: The presence of somatic mutations in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) predicts the effectiveness of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). It would be ideal if an EGFR mutation could be detected in biopsy samples, since the majority of non-small cell lung cancer patients are inoperable at the time of presentation. We have reported the usefulness of endobronchial ultrasound-guided...
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