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Comparison of clinical characteristics between patients with ALK-positive and EGFR-positive lung adenocarcinoma.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Feb 2014
Kang Hyo Jae, Lim Hyo-Jeong, Park Jong Sun, Cho Young-Jae, Yoon Ho-Il, Chung Jin-Haeng, Lee Jae Ho, Lee Choon-Taek
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The discovery of the chromosomal fusion product of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) with echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 (EML4) (EML4-ALK) has changed the treatment paradigm of lung cancer. In this study, we analysed the clinical characteristics, including bronchoscopic findings, of patients with EML4-ALK-positive adenocarcinoma and compared them with those of EGFR mutation-positive...
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