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Mutational analysis of multiple lung cancers: Discrimination between primary and metastatic lung cancers by genomic profile.
Oncotarget - 9 May 2017
Goto Taichiro, Hirotsu Yosuke, Mochizuki Hitoshi, Nakagomi Takahiro, Shikata Daichi, Yokoyama Yujiro, Oyama Toshio, Amemiya Kenji, Okimoto Kenichiro, Omata Masao
Abstract excerpt
In cases of multiple lung cancers, individual tumors may represent either a primary lung cancer or both primary and metastatic lung cancers. Treatment selection varies depending on such features, and this discrimination is critically important in predicting prognosis. The present study was undertaken to determine the efficacy and validity of mutation analysis as a means of determining whether multiple lung...
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