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Distinct features of distant metastasis and lymph node stage in lung adenocarcinoma patients with epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutations.
Respiratory investigation - 1 Sept 2013
Enomoto Yasunori, Takada Kazuto, Hagiwara Eri, Kojima Eiji
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BACKGROUND: The influence of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status on distant and lymph node metastasis is not fully understood. METHODS: Ninety-five consecutive patients with stage IV lung adenocarcinoma, who had been examined for the EGFR mutation status, were retrospectively analyzed with regard to numbers of distant metastasis and clinical stage of lymph node metastasis at the time of...
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