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Repeat biopsy of patients with acquired resistance to EGFR TKIs: implications of biopsy-related factors on T790M mutation detection.
European radiology - 1 Feb 2018
Kim Hyungjin, Chae Kum Ju, Yoon Soon Ho, Kim Miso, Keam Bhumsuk, Kim Tae Min, Kim Dong-Wan, Goo Jin Mo, Park Chang Min
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OBJECTIVES: To find predictors of non-diagnostic repeat biopsy specimen acquisition for mutational analysis and detection of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) T790M mutation. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 90 non-small cell lung cancer patients harbouring EGFR mutations who underwent repeat cone-beam CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy. Clinical characteristics as well as biopsy-related factors were...
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