Article
Analysis of K-ras gene mutations in lung carcinomas: correlation with gender, histological subtypes, and clinical outcome.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 1 Jan 1998
Wang Y C, Lee H S, Chen S K, Yang S C, Chen C Y
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Lung cancer is respectively the leading and second-leading cause of cancer deaths among women and men in Taiwan. The commonest pathological type of lung carcinoma found in Taiwan is adenocarcinoma. and it has been documented that K-ras oncogene mutation occurs in a subset of lung adenoca...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adult
- Aged
- Asian People
- Autoradiography
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Female
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Incidence
- Lung Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
- Sex Factors
- Survival Analysis
