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40 IASLC ATLAS OF ALK TESTING IN LUNG CANCER Table 1. RT-PCR Settings for EML4-ALK Screening Study Applicability to Regular Variants of EML4-ALK Major Variants* E13;A20 E20;A20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes E6;A20 No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Specimen Type No. of Primers Minor Variants* E2;A20 No No No Yes No Yes