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Malignant pleural disease is highly associated with subsequent peritoneal metastasis in patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer independent of oncogene status.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jun 2016
Patil Tejas, Aisner Dara L, Noonan Sinead A, Bunn Paul A, Purcell William T, Carr Laurie L, Camidge D Ross, Doebele Robert C
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INTRODUCTION: Peritoneal metastasis from lung cancer is an uncommon clinical event and there are limited data on what factors predict peritoneal progression. This study retrospectively investigated whether patterns of metastatic spread and oncogene status in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are associated with peritoneal metastasis. METHODS: Patients with metastatic non-squamous NSCLC...
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