RNA is Favorable for Analyzing EGFR Mutations in Malignant Pleural Effusion of Lung Cancer
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Pleural Effusion of Lung Cancer Tzu-Hsiu Tsai, Kang-Yi Su, Shang-Gin Wu, Yih-Leong Chang, Sheng-Ching Luo, I-Shiow Jan, Chong-Jen Yu, Sung-Liang Yu, Jin-Yuan Shih, and Pan-Chyr Yang Affiliations of Authors: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Genomic Medicine, Research Center for Medical Excellence, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Yun-Lin, Taiwan; Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Both authors contributed equally to this work
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