Article
Clinical characteristics and course of 63 patients with BRAF mutant lung cancers.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 Nov 2014
Litvak Anya M, Paik Paul K, Woo Kaitlin M, Sima Camelia S, Hellmann Matthew D, Arcila Maria E, Ladanyi Marc, Rudin Charles M, Kris Mark G, Riely Gregory J
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Mutant BRAF is a driver oncogene found in 2% of lung adenocarcinomas and represents a target for therapy. We examined the clinical characteristics and course of patients with lung adenocarcinomas harboring BRAF mutations. METHODS: We identified patients with lung adenocarcinomas har...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Lung Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf