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Investigation of patterns of nodal metastases in BRAF mutant lung cancer.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jun 2017
McEvoy S H, Halpenny D F, Viteri-Jusué A, Hayes S A, Plodkowski A J, Riely G J, Ginsberg M S
Abstract excerpt
Axillary lymph nodes (axLN) are a rare site of nodal metastases in patients with lung cancer. BRAF mutated lung cancer is a genetically distinct subtype that occurs in 2-5% of non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC). A recent study identified a highly unusual pattern of metastatic spread to axLN in patients with BRAF mutated colorectal cancer (CRC). The purpose of the study is to assess the incidence of axLN...
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