Overview of clinicopathologic features of ALK-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma and current diagnostic testing for ALK rearrangement

Translational Lung Cancer Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-155

  Kim, Hyojin ^a   Chung, Jin Haeng ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene rearrangement; Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH); Histology; Immunohistochemistry (IHC); Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE INHIBITOR;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REVIEW; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 84944740686     PISSN: 22186751     EISSN: 22264477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2218-6751.2014.12.02     Document Type: Review

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