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SUBMITTER: Liu B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4487682 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Bin B Zhou Lin L Wang Qian Q Li Kai K
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers 20150428 6
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations can affect the therapeutic efficacy of drugs used to treat nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We aimed to develop methods to detect five common EGFR somatic mutations in tumor tissues from NSCLC patients by using a nanoscale mutation-sensitive switch consisting of a high-fidelity polymerase and phosphorothioate-modified allele-specific primers. The five clinically significant EGFR mutations examined here are S768I, T790M, L858R, and 15- and 18-bp ...[more]