Aims: Several predictive biomarkers of response to specific inhibitors have become mandatory for the therapeutic choice in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In most lung cancer patients, the biological materials available to morphological and molecular diagnosis are exclusively cytological samples and minimum tumour wastage is necessary. Multiplex fluorescence in situ hybridisation (mFISH) to detect simultaneously ALK-rearrangement and ROS1-rearrangement on a single slide could be useful in clinical practice to save cytological samples for further molecular analysis. In this study, we aim to validate diagnostic performance of multiplex ALK/ROS1 fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) approach in lung adenocarcinoma cytological series compared with classic single break apart probes. Conclusion: Multiplex ALK/ROS1 FISH probe test is a useful tool to detect simultaneously ALK-rearrangement and ROS1-rearrangement on a single slide in cytological specimens with a small amount of biomaterial. READ ARTICLE
Clinical Pathology DOI:10.1136/jclinpath-2019-206152
Authors: Federica Zito Marino, Giulio Rossi, Immacolata Cozzolino, Marco Montella, Mariacarolina Micheli, Giuseppe Bogina, Enrico Munari, Matteo Brunelli, Renato Franco
