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Lungs don't forget: Comparison of the KRAS and EGFR mutation profile and survival of collegiate smokers and never smokers with advanced lung cancers.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 Jan 2013
Varghese Anna M, Sima Camelia S, Chaft Jamie E, Johnson Melissa L, Riely Gregory J, Ladanyi Marc, Kris Mark G
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BACKGROUND: We hypothesize that among patients with lung cancers the KRAS/EGFR mutation profile and overall survival of collegiate smokers (former smokers who smoked between 101 lifetime cigarettes and 5 pack-years) are distinct from those of never smokers and former smokers with 15 pack-years or more. METHODS: We collected age, sex, stage, survival, and smoking history for patients evaluated from 2004 to 2009...
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