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Occurrence of ras mutations in human lung cancer. Minireview.
Neoplasma - 1 Jan 1997
Vachtenheim J
Abstract excerpt
Members of ras family of oncogenes, when activated by a point mutation, have been implicated in many types of human cancers. In several types of human solid tumors, point mutations of the K-ras gene are relatively frequent. Among lung cancers, a subset of non-small cell lung carcinomas, mostly adenocarcinomas, contains activated K-ras. The examination of K-ras mutations in samples obtained for diagnostic reasons,...
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