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Receptor tyrosine kinase amplification is predictive of distant metastasis in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma.
Cancer science - 1 Feb 2017
Oikawa Yu, Morita Kei-Ichi, Kayamori Kou, Tanimoto Kousuke, Sakamoto Kei, Katoh Hiroto, Ishikawa Shumpei, Inazawa Johji, Harada Hiroyuki
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This study aimed to clarify the genomic factors associated with the diagnosis and prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma via next-generation sequencing. We evaluated data from 220 cases of oral squamous cell carcinoma. Genomic DNA was eluted using formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded samples, and targeted resequencing of 50 cancer-related genes was performed. In total, 311 somatic mutations were detected in 220...
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