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Can serum be used for analyzing the EGFR mutation status in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer?
American journal of clinical oncology - 1 Feb 2013
Kim Seung Tae, Jung Hae-Yun, Sung Jae Sook, Jo Uk Hyun, Tanaka Tomoaki, Hagiwara Koichi, Park Kyong Hwa, Shin Sang Won, Kim Jun Suk, Kim Yeul Hong
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BACKGROUND: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations as prognostic or predictive marker in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have been used widely. However, it may be difficult to get tumor tissue for analyzing the status of EGFR mutation status in large proportion of patients with advanced disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We obtained pairs of tumor and serum samples from 57 patients with...
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