ALK-rearranged lung cancer: adenosquamous lung cancer masquerading as pure squamous carcinoma

J Thorac Oncol. 2012 Apr;7(4):768-9. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31824c9485.

Authors

Jamie E Chaft¹, Natasha Rekhtman, Marc Ladanyi, Gregory J Riely

Affiliation

¹ Thoracic Oncology Service, Division of Solid Tumor, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis
Adenocarcinoma / genetics*
Adenocarcinoma / pathology
Adenocarcinoma of Lung
Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / genetics*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
ErbB Receptors / genetics
Gene Rearrangement*
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
Lung Neoplasms / genetics*
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
Proto-Oncogene Proteins / genetics
Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)
Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / genetics*
ras Proteins / genetics

Substances

KRAS protein, human
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
ALK protein, human
Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
ErbB Receptors
Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)
ras Proteins

Grants and funding