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A comparison of EGFR and KRAS status in primary lung carcinoma and matched metastases.
Human pathology - 1 Jan 2010
Monaco Sara E, Nikiforova Marina N, Cieply Kathleen, Teot Lisa A, Khalbuss Walid E, Dacic Sanja
Abstract excerpt
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and v-Ki-ras 2 (KRAS; viral Kirsten rat sacoma 2 oncogene homolog) oncogenes are predictors of response to EGFR-targeted therapy in lung carcinomas. Morphologic heterogeneity of lung carcinomas is reflected at the molecular level and may confound interpretation of immunohistochemistry, fluorescence in situ hybridization, and mutational assays, which are all used for...
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