Are anaplastic lymphoma kinase gene rearrangements in non-small cell lung cancer prognostic, predictive, or both?

J Thorac Oncol. 2012 Jan;7(1):5-7. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31823f1289.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / genetics*
  • Gene Rearrangement
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Lung Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prognosis
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / genetics*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

  • ALK protein, human
  • Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases