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'''Lung adenocarcinoma with EGFR rearrangement''' is a molecular subtype of [[lung adenocarcinoma]].
'''Lung carcinoma with EGFR mutation''' is a molecular subtype of [[lung carcinoma]]. Morphologically, these tumours are typically [[adenocarcinoma]]s.


==General==
==General==
*Testing indicated in [[non-small cell carcinoma]], [[adenosquamous carcinoma of the lung]], as well as [[lung adenocarcinoma]].
*Testing indicated in [[non-small cell carcinoma]], [[adenosquamous carcinoma of the lung]], as well as [[lung adenocarcinoma]].
**Testing done together with ALK.
*EGRF mutation excludes [[Lung carcinoma with ALK rearrangement|ALK rearrangement]].<ref name=pmid23729361>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gainor | first1 = JF. | last2 = Varghese | first2 = AM. | last3 = Ou | first3 = SH. | last4 = Kabraji | first4 = S. | last5 = Awad | first5 = MM. | last6 = Katayama | first6 = R. | last7 = Pawlak | first7 = A. | last8 = Mino-Kenudson | first8 = M. | last9 = Yeap | first9 = BY. | title = ALK rearrangements are mutually exclusive with mutations in EGFR or KRAS: an analysis of 1,683 patients with non-small cell lung cancer. | journal = Clin Cancer Res | volume = 19 | issue = 15 | pages = 4273-81 | month = Aug | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-13-0318 | PMID = 23729361 }}</ref>
Treatement:<ref name=pmid20887192>{{Cite journal  | last1 = da Cunha Santos | first1 = G. | last2 = Shepherd | first2 = FA. | last3 = Tsao | first3 = MS. | title = EGFR mutations and lung cancer. | journal = Annu Rev Pathol | volume = 6 | issue =  | pages = 49-69 | month =  | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1146/annurev-pathol-011110-130206 | PMID = 20887192 }}</ref>
*[[Tyrosine kinase inhibitors]].


===Associations===
===Associations===
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*[[Lung carcinoma with ALK rearrangement]].
*[[Lung carcinoma with ALK rearrangement]].
*[[Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors]].
*[[Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors]].
*[[ROS1-rearranged non-small cell lung carcinoma]].


==References==
==References==
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