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. 2014 May 3;14:312. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-312

Table 6.

Prevalence of biomarker mutations in previous large population studies of lung adenocarcinoma

Molecular biomarker Author (reference) Frequency Total number Population Remarks
ALK
Paik et al. [23]
6.8%
395
Korean
Surgically resected
 
Choi et al. [25]
5.4%
331
Korean
Underwent FDG-PET
 
Koh et al. [26]
20.4%
221
Korean
Advanced disease
 
Takeuchi et al. [31]
3.9%
1121
Japanese
Surgically resected
 
Fukui et al. [29]
3.9%
720
Japanese
Surgically resected
 
Wang et al. [32]
8.6%
151
Chinese
Advanced disease
 
Rodig et al. [30]
5.6%
358
American
Surgically resected, partially
 
This study
2.8%
217
Korean
nGGO only
EGFR
Choi et al. [25]
47.1%
331
Korean
Underwent FDG-PET
 
Kim et al. [46]
43.5%
200
Korean
-
 
Sun et al. [49]
53.1%
358
Korean
-
 
Kosaka et al. [47]
49.1%
224
Japanese
Surgically resected
 
Uramoto et al. [50]
37.8%
437
Japanese
Surgically resected
 
Huang et al. [45]
38.1%
858
Chinese
-
 
Liam et al. [48]
39.5%
812
Malaysian
-
  This study 54.8% 217 Korean nGGO only