Epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in adenocarcinoma lung: Comparison of techniques for mutation detection

• Main Authors: Saumya Shukla (Author), Rahul K Pandey (Author), Sridhar Mishra (Author), Suryakant Tripathi (Author), Rajiv Garg (Author), Gaurav Gupta (Author), Nuzhat Husain (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Targeted therapy using tyrosine kinase inhibitors in cases of non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) that harbor epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations has drastically improved the overall survival rate. The current study estimated the frequency of EGFR mutations in the Indian...