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The frequency of native ALK copy number gain between ALK-negative and ALK-positive cases was analyzed using the Fisher exact test. Correlation between mean native ALK copy number and crizotinib sensitivity was analyzed using Spearman correlation. In the survival http://www.selleck.cn/products/carfilzomib-pr-171.html analysis with eCNS PFS as the outcome, native and rearranged ALK copy number and the percentage positive cell count were categorized with their respective quartiles; Cox proportional hazards regression was then used to analyze these associations. All statistical analyses were performed using SAS/STAT software version 9.3 of the SAS System for Windows (SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC). In total, 1426 NSCLC clinical specimens that were tested for ALK rearrangements within the CMOCO laboratory (174 ALK-positive specimens and 1252 ALK-negative specimens according to standard criteria) were identified. In ALK-positive, crizotinib-treated patients, eCNS PFS data were available on 33 patients. Clinical specimens with 0% http://www.selleckchem.com/products/BIBF1120.html to 9%, 10% to 15%, 16% to 30%, 31% to 50%, and >50% ALK-positive cells were observed in 79.3%, 8.5%, 1.4%, 2.7%, and 8.1% of NSCLC cases, respectively (Fig. 2). The proportions, in detail, among the ALK-negative cases are listed in Table 1. The mean native ALK copy number per cell was significantly higher in the ALK-negative group than in the ALK-positive group (mean?��?standard deviation [SD], 2.8?��?0.93 copies per cell [range 1.2-11.4 copies per cell] vs 1.8?��?0.79 copies per cell [range, 0.6-5.3 copies per cell]; P? http://www.selleckchem.com/products/Metformin-hydrochloride(Glucophage).html lung cancer cell lines, the mean native ALK copy number per cell ranged from 2.1 to 6.9 and was not correlated with in vitro crizotinib sensitivity (IC50, 0.34-2.8 ��M; r?=?0.279; P?=?.1764) (Fig. 5A). In a 2-sided, unpaired t test, we determined that the IC50 for crizotinib was no different for cells that had native ALK copy number gain (��3 copies per cell of native ALK in ��40% of cells) compared with all other cell lines, defined as those with balanced or loss of native ALK copy number (P?=?.21) (Fig. 5B). In ALK-positive patients who received treatment with crizotinib, neither native ALK copy number (P?=?.