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Frequency of EGFR mutations in lung adenocarcinoma with malignant pleural effusion: Implication of cancer biological behaviour regulated by EGFR mutation.
The Journal of international medical research - 1 Oct 2014
Zou JianYong, Bella Amos Ela, Chen ZhenGuang, Han XiangQian, Su ChunHua, Lei YiYan, Luo HongHe
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OBJECTIVE: A retrospective single-centre study to compare the clinical features of patients with lung adenocarcinoma with and without epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations. METHODS: Pretreatment medical records of patients with lung adenocarcinoma were reviewed. DNA was extracted from paraffin wax-embedded tumour tissue for analysis of EGFR mutations. Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) was diagnosed by...
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