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[Assessment of applicability of archived cytological lung cancer specimens for molecular genetic analysis].
Voprosy onkologii - 1 Jan 2015
Mityushkina N V, Ievleva A G, Poltoratsky A N, Ivantsov A O, Budovsky A I, Novik V I, Imyanitov E N
Abstract excerpt
Molecular genetic analysis of lung tumors is often essential for the proper choice of therapy. EGFR mutation is a well-known marker of sensitivity to gefitinib, erlotinib and afatinib; ALK-translocations make tumor sensitive to several ALK inhibitors; low intratumoral expression of DNA repair genes (ERCC1, BRCA1, etc.) may increase the therapeutic index of platinum-based drugs. Usually these markers are evaluated...
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