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Pleural effusion as a substitute for tumor tissue in detecting EGFR/ALK mutations in non-small cell lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Pleural effusion (PE) has been reported useful in many studies for testing epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with variable results. This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to elucidate whether PE could be used as a surr...

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Autores principales: Pang, Caishuang, Ma, Huiwen, Qin, Jiangyue, Wang, Sixiong, Wan, Chun, Yang, Ting, Shen, Yongchun, Wang, Donglin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6504331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31045816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000015450