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. 2025 Feb 27;17(5):825. doi: 10.3390/cancers17050825
ALK Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
CAP College of American Pathologists
CLIA Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
CSF Cerebrospinal Fluid
CSF-TC Cerebrospinal Fluid Tumor Cells
CTC Circulating Tumor Cells
cfDNA Cell-Free DNA
ctDNA Tumor DNA
DAPI diamindino-2-phenylindole
EMT Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
FISH Fluorescent in situ hybridization
ICC Immunocytochemistry
LP Lumbar Punctures
NGS Next-Generation Sequencing
NSCLC Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
OS Overall Survival
PFS Progression-Free Survival
SOC Standard of Care