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Also known as: EML4 ALK Gene Fusion PCR
The EML4 ALK Gene Fusion, PCR test contains 1 test with 1 biomarker.
Recently, inhibitors of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) have been used successfully in treating patients harboring gene fusions between echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 (EML4) and ALK. This is a reverse transcription PCR-based exon scanning approach to encompass fusion variants spanning nearly the entire EML4 gene.