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Cytological examination of pleural cavity lavage accompanied by the study of gene promoter hypermethylation of p16 and O6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase genes in diagnostics of non-small cell lung cancer metastatic changes into pleura
AIM OF THE STUDY: Metastases of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) into pleura disqualify a patient from surgery and present a bad prognostic index. The aim of the study was to find out whether washing out the pleural cavity in such cases and examining obtained washings for presence of cancer cells...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Termedia Publishing House
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3687432/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23788902 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/wo.2012.30061 |