Sentences with phrase «alk copy»

Analysis of CTC numbers at the different time points showed that the one measurement that was statistically significantly associated with progression - free survival was a change in the number of CTCs with ALK copy number gain over time.

All patients had both CTCs with ALK rearrangements and CTCs with ALK copy number gain before treatment and at two months.

Median progression - free survival for the 13 patients who had a decrease in the number of CTCs with ALK copy number gain was 14.0 months, while the median progression - free survival for the 16 patients who had stable or increased numbers of CTCs with ALK copy number gain was 6.1 months.

Not exact matches

After enriching for CTCs, the researchers analyzed the samples for ALK rearrangements and for an increase in the number of copies of the ALK gene.

Among patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) fueled by ALK gene alterations who were being treated with crizotinib (Xalkori), a decrease in the number of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) harboring increased copies of the ALK gene over the first two months of treatment was associated with increased progression - free survival.