Umberto Malapelle, Clara Mayo-de-Las-Casas, Miguel A Molina-Vila, Rafael Rosell, Spasenija Savic, Michel Bihl, Lukas Bubendorf, Manuel Salto-Tellez, Dario de Biase, Giovanni Tallini, David H Hwang, Lynette M Sholl, Rajyalakshmi Luthra, Birgit Weynand, Sara Vander Borght, Edoardo Missiaglia, Massimo Bongiovanni, Daniel Stieber, Philippe Vielh, Fernando Schmitt, Alessandra Rappa, Massimo Barberis, Francesco Pepe, Pasquale Pisapia, Nicola Serra, Elena Vigliar, Claudio Bellevicine, Matteo Fassan, Massimo Rugge, Carlos E de Andrea, Maria D Lozano, Fulvio Basolo, Gabriella Fontanini, Yuri E Nikiforov, Suzanne Kamel-Reid, Gilda da Cunha Santos, Marina N Nikiforova, Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri, Giancarlo Troncone
BACKGROUND: Molecular testing of cytological lung cancer specimens includes, beyond epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), emerging predictive/prognostic genomic biomarkers such as Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS), neuroblastoma RAS viral [v-ras] oncogene homolog (NRAS), B-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase (BRAF), and phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit α (PIK3CA). Next-generation sequencing (NGS) and other multigene mutational assays are suitable for cytological specimens, including smears...
August 2017: Cancer Cytopathology