
Germline EGFR mutations in lung cancer (Review)
- Authors:
- Minghui Liu
- Xiaoyu Niu
- Hongyu Liu
- Jun Chen
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Affiliations: Department of Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Heping, Tianjin 300052, P.R. China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Heping, Tianjin 300052, P.R. China - Published online on: May 16, 2023 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2023.13868
- Article Number: 282
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Copyright: © Liu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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