Lung Cancer
Volume 76, Issue 1 , Pages 1-18 , April 2012

The challenge of NSCLC diagnosis and predictive analysis on small samples. Practical approach of a working group

  • Erik Thunnissen

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    • Department of Pathology, VU Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 20 444 4048; fax: +31 20 444 4772.
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  • Keith M. Kerr

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    • Department of Pathology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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  • Felix J.F. Herth

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    • Pneumology and Respiratory Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Sylvie Lantuejoul

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, CHU A Michallon, INSERM U 823-Institut A Bonniot-University J Fourier, Grenoble, France
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  • Mauro Papotti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical & Biological Sciences, University of Turin at San Luigi Hospital, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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  • Robert C. Rintoul

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    • Department of Thoracic Oncology, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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  • Giulio Rossi

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    • Sezione di Anatomia Patologica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico, Modena, Italy
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  • Birgit G. Skov

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    • Bispebjerg University Hospital, Department of Pathology, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Birgit Weynand

      Affiliations

    • CHU Mont-Godinne, UCL, Department of Pathology, Yvoir, Belgium
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  • Lukas Bubendorf

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    • Institute for Pathology, University of Basel, Switzerland
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  • Grünberg Katrien

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    • Department of Pathology, VU Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Leif Johansson

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    • Department of Pathology, University Hospital Lund, Sweden
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  • Fernando López-Ríos

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    • Laboratorio de Dianas Terapeuticas, Centro Integral Oncologico Clara Campal, Hospital Universitario Madrid, Spain
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  • Vincent Ninane

      Affiliations

    • Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Włodzimierz Olszewski

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Department, Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Helmut Popper

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    • Institute of Pathology, University of Graz, Austria
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  • Sauleda Jaume

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    • Servei Pneumologia, Insititut del Tòrax, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma Mallorca, Spain
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  • Philipp Schnabel

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Luc Thiberville

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    • Clinique Pneumologique, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
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  • Florian Laenger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Medical School Hannover, Germany

Received 3 August 2011 ,Revised 20 October 2011 ,Accepted 22 October 2011.

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 The considerations in this manuscript are authored by a working group which was formed as a result of initial discussions held by some of the authors in independent meetings convened by Eli Lilly and Roche Pharmaceuticals. Neither company has had any input, influence or any other connection with the subsequent project of formulating and writing this manuscript.

PII: S0169-5002(11)00532-0

doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2011.10.017

Lung Cancer
Volume 76, Issue 1 , Pages 1-18 , April 2012