Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-Related Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Exhibits a Low Prevalence of EGFR and ALK Driver Mutations

Jeong Uk Lim; Chang Dong Yeo; Chin Kook Rhee; Yong Hyun Kim; Chan Kwon Park; Ju Sang Kim; Jin Woo Kim; Sang Haak Lee; Seung Joon Kim; Hyoung Kyu Yoon; Tae-Jung Kim; Kyo Young Lee

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142306

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-Related Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Exhibits a Low Prevalence of EGFR and ALK Driver Mutations

Jeong Uk Lim ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jeong Uk Lim, Chang Dong Yeo

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Chang Dong Yeo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jeong Uk Lim, Chang Dong Yeo

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Chin Kook Rhee,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Yong Hyun Kim,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Chan Kwon Park,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Ju Sang Kim,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jin Woo Kim ,

* E-mail: medkjw@catholikc.ac.kr

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Sang Haak Lee,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Seung Joon Kim,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Hyoung Kyu Yoon,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Tae-Jung Kim,

Affiliation Department of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Kyo Young Lee

Affiliation Department of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-Related Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Exhibits a Low Prevalence of EGFR and ALK Driver Mutations

Jeong Uk Lim,
Chang Dong Yeo,
Chin Kook Rhee,
Yong Hyun Kim,
Chan Kwon Park,
Ju Sang Kim,
Jin Woo Kim,
Sang Haak Lee,
Seung Joon Kim,
Hyoung Kyu Yoon

Published: November 10, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142306

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