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Computed tomography-guided core-needle biopsy specimens demonstrate epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer.
Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) - 1 Nov 2008
Chen C-M, Chang J W-C, Cheung Y-C, Lin G, Hsieh J-J, Hsu T, Huang S-F
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BACKGROUND: Target therapy with a new class of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors shows improved clinical response in EGFR gene-mutated lung cancers. PURPOSE: To evaluate the use of computed tomography (CT)-guided core-needle biopsy specimens for the assessment of EGFR gene mutati...
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