A patient diagnosed with BRAF-mutated non-small cell lung cancer and hairy cell leukemia: at last, which entity is really carrying the BRAF mutation?

Ann Hematol. 2015 Feb;94(2):345-6. doi: 10.1007/s00277-014-2162-5. Epub 2014 Jul 24.

Authors

Konstantin Schlick¹, Marlene Troch, Gudrun Placher-Sorko, Viktoria Faber, Daniel Neureiter, Anna Sophie Berghoff, Matthias Preusser, Richard Greil, Georg Hopfinger

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine III with Hematology, Medical Oncology, Hemostaseology, Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology, Oncologic Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.

PMID: 25055797
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-014-2162-5

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics
Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / genetics*
Humans
Immunohistochemistry / methods
Leukemia, Hairy Cell / diagnosis
Leukemia, Hairy Cell / genetics*
Leukemia, Hairy Cell / metabolism
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
Lung Neoplasms / genetics*
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation, Missense*
Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf / genetics*
Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf / metabolism
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

Biomarkers, Tumor
BRAF protein, human
Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf