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Molecular diagnostics of a single multifocal non-small cell lung cancer case using targeted next generation sequencing.
Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology - 1 Feb 2013
Geurts-Giele Willemina R R, Dirkx-van der Velden Albertina W, Bartalits Natascha M M T, Verhoog Leon C, Hanselaar Wessel E J J, Dinjens Winand N M
Abstract excerpt
Histological and molecular subtyping of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is important for predicting survival and drug response in these patients. Up to 8 % of NSCLC are multifocal and these tumor foci are often clonally related. Multiple foci can however also represent different primary tumors, with prognostic and therapeutic consequences. We describe a patient with multifocal NSCLC from which we obtained...
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