Laboratory Medicine ›› 2017, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (1): 30-34.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2017.01.008

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Correlation between EGFR gene mutations and clinical characteristics among lung cancer patients in Shanghai

JIANG Wenrong1, CAI Yongjun2, MIAO Yingxin1, JIN Jingjing2, XIAO Li2, YANG Feng1, YIN Yulei2, ZHANG Yanmei1, ZHAO Hu1   

  1. 1. Department of Clinical Laboratory,Huadong Hospital,Fudan University,Shanghai 200040,China
    2. Department of Pathology,Huadong Hospital,Fudan University,Shanghai 200040,China
  • Received:2016-09-05 Online:2017-01-20 Published:2017-02-10

Abstract:

Objective To study the mutations of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)gene and the correlation with the clinical characteristics of lung cancer patients in Shanghai. Methods A total of 207 paraffin-embedded tissue samples from lung cancer patients were collected. The mutations of EGFR gene were determined by real-time fluorescence quantitation polymerase chain reaction(PCR) after DNA extraction. Results The EGFR gene mutation rate was 47.34%,and there were correlations with sex and pathological types (P<0.01),while there was no correlation with age (P>0.05). The mutation types of EGFR gene were not correlated with sex and age (P>0.05). EGFR gene mutation status of lung adenocarcinoma patients was not correlated with its pathological classification(P>0.05). Conclusions EGFR gene mutations in Shanghai are correlated with the clinical characteristics of lung cancer patients. EGFR gene mutation occurs more frequently in females and in patients with lung adenocarcinoma.

Key words: Epidermal growth factor receptor, Lung cancer, Mutation, Sex, Age, Pathological classification

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