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High prevalence of ALK+/ROS1+ cases in pulmonary adenocarcinoma of adoloscents and young adults.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jul 2016
Scarpino Stefania, Rampioni Vinciguerra Gian Luca, Di Napoli Arianna, Fochetti Flavio, Uccini Stefania, Iacono Daniela, Marchetti Paolo, Ruco Luigi
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate prevalence and age-distribution of ALK- or ROS1-translocated adenocarcinomas in patients ≤50 years of age. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Paraffin sections of pulmonary adenocarcinoma were analyzed for ALK (637 cases) and ROS1 (376 cases) translocations using FISH, and for EGFR mutations (789 cases) using mutant-specific Real-Time PCR. RESULTS: ALK or ROS1 fusions were detected in 55 of 637...
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