Identification of the transforming EML4-ALK fusion gene in non-small-cell lung cancer.

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Published in Nature on July 11, 2007

Authors

Manabu Soda1, Young Lim Choi, Munehiro Enomoto, Shuji Takada, Yoshihiro Yamashita, Shunpei Ishikawa, Shin-ichiro Fujiwara, Hideki Watanabe, Kentaro Kurashina, Hisashi Hatanaka, Masashi Bando, Shoji Ohno, Yuichi Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Toshiro Niki, Yasunori Sohara, Yukihiko Sugiyama, Hiroyuki Mano

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Functional Genomics, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan.

Associated clinical trials:

Nedaplatin/Docetaxel Versus Cisplatin/Docetaxel in Treatment of Advanced/Relapsed Squamous Cell Lung Cancer | NCT02643407

Alectinib in Combination With Bevacizumab in ALK Positive NSCLC | NCT03779191

K-RAS and EGFR in Lung Cancer (K-RAS_NSCLC) | NCT03951233

Tempus NSCLC Surveillance Study: A ctDNA Biomarker Profiling Study of Patients With NSCLC Using NGS Assays | NCT05236114

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