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ALK positivity on pleuroscopic pleural biopsy in lung adenocarcinoma.
Journal of cancer research and therapeutics - 1 Jan 2000
Vaidya Preyas J, Kate Arvind H, Mehta Deval, Dhabar Boman N, Chhajed Prashant N
Abstract excerpt
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, and around 75% to 80% of lung cancers are detected in advanced stage. Multiple genetic mutations are identified and reported in adenocarcinoma of the lung. Various pulmonary samples can be tested for molecular mutations in lung cancer. However, feasibility of molecular profiling of pleuroscopic pleural biopsies in lung adenocarcinoma is not reported. We...
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