A rational diagnostic algorithm for the identification of ALK rearrangement in lung cancer: a comprehensive study of surgically treated Japanese patients.

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Published in PLoS One on August 01, 2013

Authors

Kazuya Takamochi1, Kengo Takeuchi, Takuo Hayashi, Shiaki Oh, Kenji Suzuki

Author Affiliations

1: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

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