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Published in: Clinical and Translational Oncology 2/2015

01-02-2015 | Educational series – Red Series

Biomarker testing in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a National Consensus of the Spanish Society of Pathology and the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology

Authors: E. Felip, Á. Concha, J. de Castro, J. Gómez-Román, P. Garrido, J. Ramírez, D. Isla, J. Sanz, L. Paz-Ares, F. López-Ríos

Published in: Clinical and Translational Oncology | Issue 2/2015

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Abstract

In 2011, the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology and the Spanish Society of Pathology started a joint project to establish recommendations on biomarker testing in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer based on the current evidence. Most of these recommendations are still valid, but new evidence requires some aspects to be updated. Specifically, the recommendation about which biomarkers to test in which patients is being amended, and the best way to manage tumour samples and minimum requirements for biomarker test material are defined. Suitable techniques for testing for epidermal growth factor receptor mutations and anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangement are also reviewed, and a consensus is reached on which situations warrant re-biopsy.
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Metadata
Title
Biomarker testing in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a National Consensus of the Spanish Society of Pathology and the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology
Authors
E. Felip
Á. Concha
J. de Castro
J. Gómez-Román
P. Garrido
J. Ramírez
D. Isla
J. Sanz
L. Paz-Ares
F. López-Ríos
Publication date
01-02-2015
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
Clinical and Translational Oncology / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 1699-048X
Electronic ISSN: 1699-3055
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-014-1248-9

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