Comparative Characteristics of Napsin A, TTF 1 and EGFR Mutation Expression in Mucinous Lung Cell Carcinomas

Genova Sylvia N.; Belovezhdov Veselin T.; Bichev Stoyan N.; Danev Vladimir H.

doi:10.1515/folmed-2017-0020

Folia Medica (Jun 2017)

Comparative Characteristics of Napsin A, TTF 1 and EGFR Mutation Expression in Mucinous Lung Cell Carcinomas

Genova Sylvia N.,
Belovezhdov Veselin T.,
Bichev Stoyan N.,
Danev Vladimir H.

Affiliations

Genova Sylvia N.: Department of General and Clinical Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Belovezhdov Veselin T.: Department of General and Clinical Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Bichev Stoyan N.: National Genetics Laboratory, University Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SBALAG “Maichin dom”, Sofia, Bulgaria
Danev Vladimir H.: Department of General and Clinical Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/folmed-2017-0020
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 59, no. 2
pp. 174 – 182

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Background: Invasive mucinous lung adenocarcinomas are rare and account for 2%–10% of all lung adenocarcinoma cases. It is believed that Napsin A exhibits a weaker expression in mucinous adenocarcinomas compared with TTF1, but such correlation is still poorly researched.

Published in Folia Medica

ISSN: 0204-8043 (Print); 1314-2143 (Online)
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Country of publisher: Bulgaria
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://foliamedica.bg

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