Article
Identification of genome variations in patients with lung adenocarcinoma using whole genome re‑sequencing.
Molecular medicine reports - 1 Dec 2017
Li Guiyuan, Mei Yunqing, Yang Fan, Yi Shengming, Wang Lemin
Abstract excerpt
Lung adenocarcinoma is one of the types of non‑small cell lung carcinoma, which tends to be treated with surgical therapy rather than radiation therapy. It occurs in smokers and non‑smokers, and is the most common form of lung cancer among non‑smokers and women. Gene rearrangements, including ALK, ROS1 and RET, and gene mutations, including epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), HER2, Kristen rat sarcoma viral...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adenocarcinoma of Lung
- Aged
- Base Sequence
- DNA Copy Number Variations
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Human
- Humans
- INDEL Mutation
- Lung Neoplasms