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Phenotypic heterogeneity of potentially curable non-small-cell lung cancer: cohort study with cluster analysis.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 May 2015
Sakr Lama, Small David, Kasymjanova Goulnar, Suissa Samy, Ernst Pierre
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INTRODUCTION: Significant differences in outcome are observed among lung cancer patients belonging to the same tumor node metastasis stage, suggesting phenotypic heterogeneity beyond this staging algorithm. We used a cluster analysis approach to classify patients into distinct phenotypes, and we attempted to validate the clinical relevance of these phenotypes by comparing outcome. METHODS: We formed a cohort of...
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