Multicenter immunohistochemical ALK-testing of non-small-cell lung cancer shows high concordance after harmonization of techniques and interpretation criteria.

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Published in J Thorac Oncol on November 01, 2014

Authors

Maximilian von Laffert1, Arne Warth, Roland Penzel, Peter Schirmacher, Keith M Kerr, Göran Elmberger, Hans-Ulrich Schildhaus, Reinhard Büttner, Fernando Lopez-Rios, Simone Reu, Thomas Kirchner, Patrick Pauwels, Katja Specht, Enken Drecoll, Heinz Höfler, Daniela Aust, Gustavo Baretton, Lukas Bubendorf, Sonja Stallmann, Annette Fisseler-Eckhoff, Alex Soltermann, Verena Tischler, Holger Moch, Frederique Penault-Llorca, Hendrik Hager, Frank Schäper, Dido Lenze, Michael Hummel, Manfred Dietel

Author Affiliations

1: *Institute of Pathology, Charité BERLIN, Berlin, Germany; †Institute of Pathology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; ‡Department of Pathology, Aberdeen University Medical School, Aberdeen, United Kingdom; §Department of Pathology and Cytology, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden; ‖Department of Pathology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany; ¶Laboratorio de Dianas Terapeuticas, Hospital Universitario Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain; #Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Großhadern Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany; **Institute of Pathology, UZ ANTWERPEN, Edegem, Belgium; ††Institute of Pathology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TU, Munich, Germany; ‡‡Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany; §§Institute of Pathology, Universitätsspital Basel, Basel, Germany; ‖‖Institute of Pathology, HSK Dr.-Horst-Schmidt-Kliniken GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany; ¶¶Institute of Pathology, Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland; ##Institute of Pathology, Centre Jean Perrin, Clermont-Ferrand, France; ***Patologisk Institut, Århus Universitetshospital, Århus, Denmark; †††Pathology-Berlin, Bioptisches Institut Gemeinschaftspraxis für Pathologie, Berlin, Germany.

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