Abstract:Background: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations have been known to be associated with adenocarcinoma, women, non-smokers and East-Asian ethnicity. This study was aimed to characterize the frequency of EGFR mutations and their association with histologic subtypes in primary lung adenocarcinoma in an Indian cohort.
Methods:Two seventy-four cases were categorized using 2015 WHO classification of lung tumors. The frequency of each histologic subtype and cell type was correlated with EGFR exon sequenc… Show more
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