Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Targetable Variants in Concurrent Tissue and Liquid Biopsy Testing in a North Indian Cohort
Radha Paturu,
Raghavendra Lingaiah,
Niraj Kumari
et al.
Abstract:Objectives:
Testing for EGFR, ALK, ROS1 and MET alterations in paired tissue and plasma samples of treatment-naïve patients of NSCLC and correlating their status with overall survival.
Materials and methods:
One hundred treatment-naïve patients were recruited after obtaining informed consent. Ten ml of blood was collected within a period of two weeks from histological diagnosis, prior to the start of any treatment. DNA & RNA extraction was done from formalin-fixed paraf… Show more
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