The diagnostic accuracy of pleural effusion and plasma samples versus tumour tissue for detection of EGFR mutation in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: comparison of methodologies

AIMS: To evaluate the suitability of malignant pleural effusion (MPE) and plasma as surrogate samples for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation detection, and compare three different detection methods. METHODS: Matched tissue and plasma samples were collected from patients with advanced n...

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Autores principales: Liu, Xiaoqing, Lu, Yachao, Zhu, Guanshan, Lei, Yao, Zheng, Li, Qin, Haifeng, Tang, Chuanhao, Ellison, Gillian, McCormack, Rose, Ji, Qunsheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3841772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23888061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jclinpath-2013-201728

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