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Tobacco Smoking-Related Mutational Signatures in Classifying Smoking-Associated and Nonsmoking-Associated NSCLC.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 Apr 2023
Ernst Sophie M, Mankor Joanne M, van Riet Job, von der Thüsen Jan H, Dubbink Hendrikus J, Aerts Joachim G J V, de Langen Adrianus J, Smit Egbert F, Dingemans Anne-Marie C, Monkhorst Kim
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INTRODUCTION: Patient-reported smoking history is frequently used as a stratification factor in NSCLC-directed clinical research. Nevertheless, this classification does not fully reflect the mutational processes in a tumor. Next-generation sequencing can identify mutational signatures associated with tobacco smoking, such as single-base signature 4 and indel-based signature 3. This provides an opportunity to...
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