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Increase EGFR Mutations Detection Rate in Lung Adenocarcinoma by Real-Time PCR Screening Followed by Direct Sequencing.
Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM - 1 Jan 2000
Er Tze-Kiong, Lin Chin-Wen, Liu Ta-Chih, Chen Chih-Chieh, Wang Li-Hsuan, Hsieh Li-Ling, Tsai Wen-Chan
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BACKGROUND: Recently, a number of small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have been developed to target the ATP-binding cleft of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). The presence of EGFR mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) correlates with the responsiveness to TKIs. Therefore, the identification of EGFR mutations before the administration of TKIs of NSCLC has become important. The aim...
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