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Ovarian metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma with ALK-positive rearrangement detected by next generation sequencing: A case report and literatures review.
Cancer biology & therapy - 4 May 2017
Jing Xuquan, Li Feng, Meng Xue, Liu Zhitong, Yu Jinming, Liu Bo
Abstract excerpt
Ovarian metastasis is an exceptionally rare condition in lung adenocarcinoma patients and is often difficult to distinguish from primary ovarian carcinoma. ALK (anaplastic lymphoma kinase) tyrosine kinase inhibitors elicit a significant objective response rate and are well-tolerated in advanced ALK-positive lung cancer. Hence, we report a case of a 41-year-old woman with ovarian metastases from NSCLC. After...
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