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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |