Detection of Mutations in EGFR in Circulating Lung-Cancer Cells

Abstract

Molecular analysis of circulating tumor cells from the blood of patients with lung cancer offers the possibility of monitoring changes in epithelial tumor genotypes during the course of treatment.

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MedicineLung cancerMutationCancer researchOncologyInternal medicineGeneticsGeneBiology

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Year: 2008
Type: article
Volume: 359
Issue: 4
Pages: 366-377
Citations: 1608
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                                    Shyamala Maheswaran, 
                                
                                    Lecia V. Sequist, 
                                
                                    Sunitha Nagrath
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Detection of Mutations in <i>EGFR</i> in Circulating Lung-Cancer Cells. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 359
                            (4)
                            , 366-377.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa0800668
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0800668