ALK, or anaplastic lymphoma kinase: a gene that tells your body how to make proteins that help cells talk to each other.
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Good laboratory practice in the pre-analytical phases of testing is becoming increasingly important regardless of the challenges it presents, and the success of each test depends greatly on...
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Lung cancer is still responsible for most cancer-related deaths for both genders in the United States. Traditionally, diagnosis and management of patients has been based on tissue biopsy to...
One of the most common pathologically relevant mutated variants of ALK-2 (activin receptor-like kinase-2) has a point mutation (R206H) in its Ser/Thr kinase domain that promotes uncontrolled...
Lung cancer management has changed over the last few years with several actionable targets being recognised and mandated in the optimal management of these patients. The biomarker ordering p...
Accumulation of structural variations (SVs) across the genome is a known trigger factor for oncogenesis. Structural mutations have been clearly implicated in a number of cancers, most notably...