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Genomic profiles specific to patient ethnicity in lung adenocarcinoma.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Jun 2011
Broët Philippe, Dalmasso Cyril, Tan Eng Huat, Alifano Marco, Zhang Shenli, Wu Jeanie, Lee Ming Hui, Régnard Jean-François, Lim Darren, Koong Heng Nung, Agasthian Thirugnanam, Miller Lance D, Lim Elaine, Camilleri-Broët Sophie, Tan Patrick
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: East-Asian (EA) patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are associated with a high proportion of nonsmoking women, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-activating somatic mutations, and clinical responses to tyrosine kinase inhibitors. We sought to identify novel molecular differences between NSCLCs from EA and Western European (WE) patients. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: A total of 226 lung...
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