Article
Driver mutations of young lung adenocarcinoma patients with malignant pleural effusion.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Oct 2018
Wu Shang-Gin, Liu Yi-Nan, Yu Chong-Jen, Yang James Chih-Hsin, Shih Jin-Yuan
Abstract excerpt
Young lung cancer patients have several distinct characteristics. However, there are limited epidemiological data of genetic abnormalities in this population. We conducted a prospective cohort study to delineate the various oncogenic driver mutations of lung adenocarcinoma in young Asian patients...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adenocarcinoma of Lung
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Asian People
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Humans
- Lung Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion
- Pleural Effusion, Malignant
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins