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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2020

Complex ALK Fusions Are Associated With Better Prognosis in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Jin Kang, Xu-Chao Zhang, Hua-Jun Chen, Wen-Zhao Zhong, Yang Xu, Jian Su, Qing Zhou, Hai-Yan Tu, Zhen Wang, Chong-Rui Xu and 7 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jin KangDivision of Pulmonary Oncology, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Xu-Chao ZhangDivision of Pulmonary Oncology, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Hua-Jun ChenDivision of Pulmonary Oncology, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Wen-Zhao ZhongDivision of Pulmonary Oncology, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Yang XuTranslational Medicine Research Institute, Geneseeq Technology Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada.
Jian SuDivision of Pulmonary Oncology, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Qing ZhouDivision of Pulmonary Oncology, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Hai-Yan TuDivision of Pulmonary Oncology, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Zhen WangDivision of Pulmonary Oncology, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Chong-Rui XuDivision of Pulmonary Oncology, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Xue-Ning YangDivision of Pulmonary Oncology, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Zhi-Hong ChenDivision of Pulmonary Oncology, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Xue WuTranslational Medicine Research Institute, Geneseeq Technology Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada.
Xian ZhangNanjing Geneseeq Technology Inc., Nanjing, China.
Yang ShaoNanjing Geneseeq Technology Inc., Nanjing, China.
Yi-Long WuDivision of Pulmonary Oncology, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Jin-Ji YangDivision of Pulmonary Oncology, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital · CNGuangdong Academy of Medical Sciences · CNGuangdong General Hospital · CNNanjing Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEchinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 (

methodsNinety-eight

results54.1% of patients had pure canonical

conclusionOur results suggest NSCLC patients with complex

Indexed as

complex ALK fusionsEML4-ALKnon-canonical ALK fusionnon-small cell lung cancertyrosine kinase inhibitors

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PMID33363027
PMCPMC7759679
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