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Association between hormone receptor expression and epidermal growth factor receptor mutation in patients operated on for non-small cell lung cancer.
The Annals of thoracic surgery - 1 May 2011
Sun Hai-bo, Zheng Yan, Ou Wei, Fang Qin, Li Pan, Ye Xiong, Zhang Bin-bin, Yang Hua, Wang Si-yu
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BACKGROUND: Estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) play important roles in breast cancer. Similarly, there have been several reports of ER and PR expression in lung cancers, but the results have not been consistent. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between hormone receptor expression and clinicopathologic factors and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations in...
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