title: ALK-rearranged adenosquamous lung cancer presenting as squamous cell carcinoma: a potential challenge to histologic type triaging of NSCLC biopsies for molecular studies.
authors: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Norris Cotton Cancer Center and The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH.
authors: Konstantin H
authors: KH
authors: Dragnev
authors: Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Norris Cotton Cancer Center and The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH.
authors: Gerald
authors: G
authors: Gehr
authors: Department of Pathology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Norris Cotton Cancer Center and The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH.
authors: Vincent A
authors: VA
authors: Memoli
authors: Department of Pathology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Norris Cotton Cancer Center and The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH. Electronic address: Laura.J.Tafe@Hitchcock.org.
authors: Laura J
authors: LJ
authors: Tafe
mesh_terms: D000077548:Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods; D018196:Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C000626173:ALK protein, human; D000077548:Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
keywords: ALK FISH; ALK rearrangement; Adenosquamous carcinoma; Molecular testing; Non–small-cell lung cancer