title: The use of real-time polymerase chain reaction in thoracic malignancies.
abstract: Recent progress in the molecular analysis of NSCLC tumors and lymph node status will likely translate into a clearer understanding of the variables and predictors of tumor recurrence. This understanding may lead to more appropriate therapeutic decisions both in the operating room and in the clinic. With these analyses at the molecular level, a more precise molecular classification is on the horizon which includes a molecular substaging. All of these aspects of NSCLC biology await testing or final analysis of prospective multi-institutional trials such as that set forth in CALGB 9761.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, MMC 207, 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: D'Cunha
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Maddaus
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000235:genetics; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D012333:RNA, Messenger