Validation of screening tool for ROS1 gene rearrangements
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is an effective tool that can be used for identifying proto-oncogene 1 receptor tyrosine kinase (ROS1) gene rearrangements and screening patients for the administration of the targeted therapy crizotinib, a small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor.