title: Reply to the letter to the editor 'ALK FISH rearranged and amplified tumor with negative immunohistochemistry: a rare and challenging case concerning ALK status screening in lung cancer' by Uguen et al.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Pasteur Hospital, Nice Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging IRCAN, Team 3, INSERM U1081/UMR CNRS 7284, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ilie
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Pasteur Hospital, Nice Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging IRCAN, Team 3, INSERM U1081/UMR CNRS 7284, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice Nice Hospital-Related Biobank BB 0025-00033, Pasteur Hospital, Nice, France hofman.p@chu-nice.fr.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hofman
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000032:analysis* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases