Open AccessRegional reporting of the incidence of Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase mutation in 379 non-small-cell lung cancer patients from Kolkata: Using immunohistochemistry as the diagnostic modality in a significant subset
Author(s) -
Koushik Chatterjee,
Raja Bhowmik,
Bhargab Chattopadhyay
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
south asian journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-4306
pISSN - 2278-330X
DOI - 10.4103/sajc.sajc_65_17
Subject(s) - medicine , anaplastic lymphoma kinase , incidence (geometry) , immunohistochemistry , lung cancer , lymphoma , pathology , oncology , radiology , physics , optics , malignant pleural effusion
Regional epidemiology of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) mutation in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is an unmet need in India, and so is the knowledge of its incidence based on immunohistochemistry (IHC).