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Comment
. 2016 Jun;21(6):662-3.
doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0179. Epub 2016 May 31.

Screening for ALK Rearrangements in Lung Cancer: Time for a New Generation of Diagnostics?

Ibiayi Dagogo-Jack  1 , Alice T Shaw  2
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Screening for ALK Rearrangements in Lung Cancer: Time for a New Generation of Diagnostics?

Ibiayi Dagogo-Jack et al. Oncologist. 2016 Jun.

Abstract

A study reported in this issue of The Oncologist examined the utility of next-generation sequencing (NGS) in detecting ALK rearrangements. NGS may one day become the standard initial test for molecular genotyping of patients with advanced cancers, and this new generation of ALK diagnostics is a welcome addition to the current screening repertoire.

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