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Concomitant echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4-anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangement and epidermal growth factor receptor mutation in non-small cell lung cancer patients from eastern India.
Journal of cancer research and therapeutics - 1 Jan 2000
Mohapatra Prasanta Raghab, Sahoo Satyajeet, Bhuniya Sourin, Panigrahi Manoj Kumar, Majumdar Saroj Kumar Das, Mishra Pritinanda, Patra Susama
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BACKGROUND: In non-small cell lung cancer common driver mutations such as epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) are usually mutually exclusive. This study aimed to elucidate the concurrence of EGFR mutation and ALK rearrangement in eastern India patients with primary lung adenocarcinoma and assess the response of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy after 6 months in...
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