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SUBMITTER: Kron A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6225899 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kron A A Alidousty C C Scheffler M M Merkelbach-Bruse S S Seidel D D Riedel R R Ihle M A MA Michels S S Nogova L L Fassunke J J Heydt C C Kron F F Ueckeroth F F Serke M M Krüger S S Grohe C C Koschel D D Benedikter J J Kaminsky B B Schaaf B B Braess J J Sebastian M M Kambartel K-O KO Thomas R R Zander T T Schultheis A M AM Büttner R R Wolf J J
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology 20181001 10
<h4>Background</h4>We analyzed whether co-occurring mutations influence the outcome of systemic therapy in ALK-rearranged non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).<h4>Patients and methods</h4>ALK-rearranged stage IIIB/IV NSCLC patients were analyzed with next-generation sequencing and fluorescence in situ hybridization analyses on a centralized diagnostic platform. Median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were determined in the total cohort and in treatment-related sub-cohorts. ...[more]