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Heterogeneity of epidermal growth factor receptor mutations within a mixed adenocarcinoma lung nodule.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Apr 2008
Nakano Hirofumi, Soda Hiroshi, Takasu Mineyo, Tomonaga Nanae, Yamaguchi Hiroyuki, Nakatomi Katsumi, Fujino Satoru, Hayashi Tomayoshi, Nakamura Yoichi, Tsukamoto Kazuhiro, Kohno Shigeru
Abstract excerpt
It has been proposed that stepwise progression occurs from atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (AAH) through bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) to invasive lung adenocarcinoma. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms have not been identified. We report a patient with a mixed adenocarcinoma of the lung that had different EGFR mutations in the papillary subtype, the acinar subtype, and the surrounding AAH and BAC...
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