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Lung adenocarcinoma with concurrent KRAS mutation and ALK rearrangement responding to crizotinib: case report.
The International journal of biological markers - 26 May 2015
Campos-Gomez Saul, Lara-Guerra Humberto, Routbort Mark J, Lu Xinyan, Simon George R
Abstract excerpt
Chromosomal translocation resulting in the fusion between the echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 (EML4) gene and the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene was recently identified as a novel genetic alteration in a subset of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). EML4-ALK translocations are rare events associated with specific clinicopathological features, such as never or light smoking history, young...
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