Puey Ling Chia, Sagun Parakh, Prudence Russell, Hui K Gan, Khashayer Asadi, Val Gebski, Carmel Murone, Marzena Walkiewicz, Zhanqi Liu, Bibhusal Thapa, Fiona E Scott, Andrew M Scott, Thomas John
AIM: Conformational forms of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) are pro-tumorigenic. The prevalence and impact of conformational forms of EGFR in malignant mesothelioma (MM) is unknown. We investigated expression of EGFR and conformational forms of EGFR by immunohistochemistry using EGFR-targeting monoclonal antibodies (mAb). In addition, EGFR gene amplification was investigated by fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH). Findings were correlated with survival. METHODS: Patients treated between 1988 and 2014 were identified from the thoracic surgery database of the Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia...
December 31, 2020: Lung Cancer: Journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer