ALK rearrangement in a pure squamous cell carcinoma: The challenge of detection of ALK rearrangement

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 462, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 597-599

  Kim, Hyojin ^a   Park, Eunhyang ^a   Kim, Yu Jung ^a   Chung, Jin Haeng ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GEMCITABINE; K RAS PROTEIN; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ADULT; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THORAX PAIN; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 84879307418     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-013-1413-5     Document Type: Letter

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