Stratification of non-small cell lung cancer patients for therapy with epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors: the EGFR fluorescence in situ hybridization assay
<p>Abstract</p> <p>DNA fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technology is used to study chromosomal and genomic changes in fixed cell suspensions and tissue block preparations. The technique is based on specific hybridization of small labeled DNA fragments, the probes, to comp...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-08-01
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| Series: | Diagnostic Pathology |
| Online Access: | http://www.diagnosticpathology.org/content/1/1/19 |