Open AccessMorphological characterization and molecular profiling of malignant pericardial effusion in patients with pulmonary adenocarcinoma
Author(s) -
Bing Zhou,
Lin Li,
Dayou Shi,
Tao Jiang,
Guohui Xue,
Jianping Xiong
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_69_19
Subject(s) - adenocarcinoma , kras , pathology , malignant pleural effusion , fluorescence in situ hybridization , targeted therapy , cancer research , medicine , lung cancer , biology , cancer , colorectal cancer , gene , biochemistry , chromosome
Malignant pericardial effusions (MPCEs) is a common complication observed in advanced pulmonary adenocarcinoma. In such cases, investigating molecular alterations can have significant therapeutic implication in determining anticancer drugs.