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Testing for anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangement to target crizotinib therapy: oncology, pathology and health economic perspectives

James A Lee Altarum Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. [email protected]; Altarum Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. [email protected]
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Lukas Bubendorf Institute for Pathology Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Institute for Pathology Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Rolf Stahel Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Zurich Switzerland; Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Zurich Switzerland
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Solange Peters Department of Oncology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Oncology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
Pages 625-636 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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