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Specific c-K-ras gene mutations as a tumor-response marker in locally advanced rectal cancer treated with preoperative chemoradiotherapy.
Annals of surgical oncology - 1 Dec 2000
Luna-Pérez P, Segura J, Alvarado I, Labastida S, Santiago-Payán H, Quintero A
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BACKGROUND: Forty percent of patients with colorectal cancer develop mutations in the K-ras gene. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to evaluate whether the presence of c-K-ras gene mutations is a useful tumor-response marker in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer treated with preoperative chemoradiotherapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Thirty seven patients with locally advanced rectal cancer were treated with...
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