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Activation of MET by gene amplification or by splice mutations deleting the juxtamembrane domain in primary resected lung cancers.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 Jan 2009
Onozato Ryoichi, Kosaka Takayuki, Kuwano Hiroyuki, Sekido Yoshitaka, Yatabe Yasushi, Mitsudomi Tetsuya
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INTRODUCTION: MET (Met proto-oncogene) activation either by gene amplification or mutation is implicated in various types of human cancers. For lung cancer, MET gene amplification is reported to occur in a subset of adenocarcinomas. Although somatic mutations of MET in lung adenocarcinomas are ra...
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