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Clinicopathologic characteristics and outcomes of patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive advanced pulmonary adenocarcinoma: suggestion for an effective screening strategy for these tumors.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 May 2011
Koh Youngil, Kim Dong-Wan, Kim Tae Min, Lee Se-Hoon, Jeon Yoon Kyung, Chung Doo Hyun, Kim Young-Whan, Heo Dae Seog, Kim Woo-Ho, Bang Yung-Jue
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INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to analyze the clinicopathologic characteristics and outcomes of patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive advanced pulmonary adenocarcinoma and to devise an effective screening strategy to identify such patients. METHODS: We screened advanced pulmonary adenocarcinoma patients to identify ALK-positive cases. The presence of ALK rearrangements was confirmed...
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