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Clinicopathological features of lung adenocarcinoma with KRAS mutations.
Cancer - 15 Sept 2011
Kakegawa Seiichi, Shimizu Kimihiro, Sugano Masayuki, Miyamae Yohei, Kaira Kyoichi, Araki Takuya, Nakano Tetsuhiro, Kamiyoshihara Mitsuhiro, Kawashima Osamu, Takeyoshi Izumi
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BACKGROUND: KRAS and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations are thought to play an important role in the carcinogenesis of lung adenocarcinoma. However, clinicopathological findings of KRAS mutated adenocarcinoma cases have not yet been fully clarified. The authors analyzed the relationship between the KRAS mutation and corresponding clinicopathological findings, focusing on nonmucinous and mucinous...
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