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Peripheral lung adenocarcinomas with KRAS mutations are more likely to invade visceral pleura.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine - 1 Feb 2015
Raparia Kirtee, Villa Celina, Raj Rishi, Cagle Philip T
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CONTEXT: Kirsten-RAS (KRAS) mutations play an important role in the carcinogenesis of a subset of lung adenocarcinomas and are associated with poorer prognosis. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship of KRAS mutation status to the histologic subtype of adenocarcinoma according to the recent classification, patient demographics, tumor size, predominant histologic subtype, nodal status, and visceral pleural...
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