| Literature DB >> 27393517 |
A Rosoux1, P Pauwels2, F Duplaquet1, N D'Haene3, B Weynand4, M Delos5, R Menon6, L C Heukamp6, E Thunnissen7, S Ocak8.
Abstract
We report a case of crizotinib effectiveness in a heavily pretreated patient with a metastatic NSCLC initially considered IHC-positive and FISH-negative for ALK rearrangement. After repeated analyses of tumor samples, borderline ALK FISH-positivity (18.5% positive cells) was demonstrated.Entities:
Keywords: ALK; Crizotinib; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Immunohistochemistry; Non-small-cell lung cancer
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27393517 DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2016.06.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lung Cancer ISSN: 0169-5002 Impact factor: 5.705