Table 2.

Consistency of the two methods for EML4-ALK fusion of RNA-based detection

ALK anaplastic lymphoma kinase, ARMS amplification-refractory mutation system, CI confidence interval, EML4 echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4, NGS next-generation sequencing, PCR polymerase chain reaction

^aEML4-ALK (E6:A18) fusion that exceeded the detection scope of ARMS-PCR (see Table 1 in the electronic supplementary material)

^bMcNemar’s test