TERT Mutations in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Clinicopathologic Features and Prognostic Implications.

mutations were present in 11% of patients with NSCLC. mutations were associated with age, smoking history, sex, and distant metastasis. Co-mutations in and indicated a poor prognosis. The co-mutations of and differed according to sex, histopathology type, and metastasis, whereas and co-mutations were only associated with patient metastasis. Age, cancer stage, and mutation carrier status were independent risk factors for poor prognosis in patients with NSCLC.