Feasibility of EGFR mutation testing on EBUS-TBNA and bronchial biopsy samples obtained during routine practice

C. Dooms, I. Hantson, L. Vliegen, E. Verbeken, P. Vandenberghe, J. Vansteenkiste (Leuven, Belgium)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - New results in molecular pathology and functional genomics of neoplastic and non-neoplastic lung disease
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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