ALK Positive Lung Cancer: Clinical Profile, Practice and Outcomes in a Developing Country

Vanita Noronha; Anant Ramaswamy; Vijay M Patil; Amit Joshi; Anuradha Chougule; Subhadha Kane; Rajiv Kumar; Arvind Sahu; Vipul Doshi; Lingaraj Nayak; Abhishek Mahajan; Amit Janu; Kumar Prabhash

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0160752

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ALK Positive Lung Cancer: Clinical Profile, Practice and Outcomes in a Developing Country

Vanita Noronha ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanita Noronha, Anant Ramaswamy, Vijay M Patil, Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vipul Doshi, Lingaraj Nayak, Kumar Prabhash

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Anant Ramaswamy ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanita Noronha, Anant Ramaswamy, Vijay M Patil, Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vipul Doshi, Lingaraj Nayak, Kumar Prabhash

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Vijay M Patil ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanita Noronha, Anant Ramaswamy, Vijay M Patil, Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vipul Doshi, Lingaraj Nayak, Kumar Prabhash

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Amit Joshi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanita Noronha, Anant Ramaswamy, Vijay M Patil, Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vipul Doshi, Lingaraj Nayak, Kumar Prabhash

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Anuradha Chougule ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Subhadha Kane ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Rajiv Kumar ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Arvind Sahu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanita Noronha, Anant Ramaswamy, Vijay M Patil, Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vipul Doshi, Lingaraj Nayak, Kumar Prabhash

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Vipul Doshi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanita Noronha, Anant Ramaswamy, Vijay M Patil, Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vipul Doshi, Lingaraj Nayak, Kumar Prabhash

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Lingaraj Nayak ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanita Noronha, Anant Ramaswamy, Vijay M Patil, Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vipul Doshi, Lingaraj Nayak, Kumar Prabhash

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Abhishek Mahajan ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Amit Janu ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Kumar Prabhash

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanita Noronha, Anant Ramaswamy, Vijay M Patil, Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vipul Doshi, Lingaraj Nayak, Kumar Prabhash

* E-mail: kprabhash1@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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ALK Positive Lung Cancer: Clinical Profile, Practice and Outcomes in a Developing Country

Vanita Noronha,
Anant Ramaswamy,
Vijay M Patil,
Amit Joshi,
Anuradha Chougule,
Subhadha Kane,
Rajiv Kumar,
Arvind Sahu,
Vipul Doshi,
Lingaraj Nayak

Published: September 16, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160752

About the Authors

Vanita Noronha

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanita Noronha, Anant Ramaswamy, Vijay M Patil, Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vipul Doshi, Lingaraj Nayak, Kumar Prabhash

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Anant Ramaswamy

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanita Noronha, Anant Ramaswamy, Vijay M Patil, Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vipul Doshi, Lingaraj Nayak, Kumar Prabhash

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Vijay M Patil

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanita Noronha, Anant Ramaswamy, Vijay M Patil, Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vipul Doshi, Lingaraj Nayak, Kumar Prabhash

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Amit Joshi

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanita Noronha, Anant Ramaswamy, Vijay M Patil, Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vipul Doshi, Lingaraj Nayak, Kumar Prabhash

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Anuradha Chougule

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Subhadha Kane

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Rajiv Kumar

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Arvind Sahu

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanita Noronha, Anant Ramaswamy, Vijay M Patil, Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vipul Doshi, Lingaraj Nayak, Kumar Prabhash

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Vipul Doshi

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanita Noronha, Anant Ramaswamy, Vijay M Patil, Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vipul Doshi, Lingaraj Nayak, Kumar Prabhash

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Lingaraj Nayak

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanita Noronha, Anant Ramaswamy, Vijay M Patil, Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vipul Doshi, Lingaraj Nayak, Kumar Prabhash

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Abhishek Mahajan

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Amit Janu

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Kumar Prabhash

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanita Noronha, Anant Ramaswamy, Vijay M Patil, Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vipul Doshi, Lingaraj Nayak, Kumar Prabhash

* E-mail: kprabhash1@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: VN AR VMP AC A. Joshi KP. Data curation: VN AR VMP AC A. Joshi SK RK AS VD LN AM A. Janu KP. Formal analysis: VN AR VMP AC A. Joshi SK RK AS VD LN AM A. Janu KP. Funding acquisition: VN VMP A. Joshi KP. Investigation: AC SK RK AM A. Janu. Methodology: VN AR VMP AC A. Joshi KP. Project administration: VN VMP A. Joshi KP. Resources: VN AR VMP AC A. Joshi SK RK AS VD LN AM A. Janu KP. Software: AR VMP. Supervision: VN VMP A. Joshi KP. Validation: VN AR VMP AC A. Joshi SK RK AS VD LN AM A. Janu KP. Visualization: VN AR VMP AC A. Joshi SK RK AS VD LN AM A. Janu KP. Writing – original draft: VN AR VMP AC A. Joshi SK RK AS VD LN AM A. Janu KP. Writing – review & editing: VN AR A. Joshi VMP KP.

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