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Mutations in the LKB1 tumour suppressor are frequently detected in tumours from Caucasian but not Asian lung cancer patients.
British journal of cancer - 22 Jul 2008
Koivunen J P, Kim J, Lee J, Rogers A M, Park J O, Zhao X, Naoki K, Okamoto I, Nakagawa K, Yeap B Y, Meyerson M, Wong K-K, Richards W G, Sugarbaker D J, Johnson B E, Jänne P A
Abstract excerpt
Somatic mutations of LKB1 tumour suppressor gene have been detected in human cancers including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The relationship between LKB1 mutations and clinicopathological characteristics and other common oncogene mutations in NSCLC is inadequately described. In this study we evaluated tumour specimens from 310 patients with NSCLC including those with adenocarcinoma, adenosquamous...
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