Intratumor Heterogeneity of ALK-Rearrangements and Homogeneity of EGFR-Mutations in Mixed Lung Adenocarcinoma.

BACKGROUND:Non Small Cell Lung Cancer is a highly heterogeneous tumor. Histologic intratumor heterogeneity could be 'major', characterized by a single tumor showing two different histologic types, and 'minor', due to at least 2 different growth patterns in the same tumor. Therefo...

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Main Authors: Federica Zito Marino, Giuseppina Liguori, Gabriella Aquino, Elvira La Mantia, Silvano Bosari, Stefano Ferrero, Lorenzo Rosso, Gabriella Gaudioso, Nicla De Rosa, Marianna Scrima, Nicola Martucci, Antonello La Rocca, Nicola Normanno, Alessandro Morabito, Gaetano Rocco, Gerardo Botti, Renato Franco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4589235?pdf=render