Article
[Clinicopathological features of lung adenocarcinoma harboring anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangements].
Zhonghua zhong liu za zhi [Chinese journal of oncology] - 1 Jun 2015
Dong Yujie, Zhou Lijuan, Wang Jinghui, Cai Yiran, Mu Jing, Zhang Haiqing
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinicopathological characteristics of patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangements in lung adenocarcinoma, and the clinical therapy and prognosis of the patients. METHODS: Clinicopathological data of 34 cases of ALK-positive patients treated in the Beijing Chest Hospital from 2005 to 2014 were reviewed. The expression of ALK proteins in the resected tumors was detected...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adenocarcinoma of Lung
- Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
- Exons
- Female
- Gene Rearrangement
- Genes, erbB-1
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lung Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mucins
- Mutation
- Neoplasm Proteins
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Prognosis
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
