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The Clinical Impact of Re-biopsies in Lung Adenocarcinoma: a Retrospective Multicenter Study.
Pathology oncology research : POR - 1 Oct 2020
Kabalak Pınar Akın, Kızılgöz Derya, Kavurgacı Suna, Demirci Nilgün Yılmaz, Yılmaz Şenay, Ak Güntülü, Metintaş Selma, Metintaş Muzaffer, Demirağ Funda, Yılmaz Ülkü
Abstract excerpt
If a patient's cancer progresses while undergoing targeted therapy, a re-biopsy is not mandatory. But when evaluating the benefits and risks on a case-by-case basis (transformation to small cell, assessing for a clinical trial), physicians should inform patients about the possible need for a re-biopsy (5). This was a retrospective and multicentre study. A total of 644 patients with lung adenocarcinoma were...
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