Influence of EGFR mutational status on metastatic behavior in non squamous non small cell lung cancer.

Oncotarget · 2017 · PMC5352435 · PMID 28060728

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Likely to the small sample size, we failed to demonstrate a statistically significant difference between EGFR mutated and wild type NSCLCs, albeit a positive trend favoring an increased tendency to lung metastatization was observed ( p = 0.14), We recognize that our present analysis has some limitations.

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