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KRAS status and epidermal growth factor receptor expression as determinants for anti-EGFR therapies in salivary gland carcinomas.
Oral oncology - 1 Sept 2009
Dahse Regine, Driemel Oliver, Schwarz Stephan, Kromeyer-Hauschild Katrin, Berndt Alexander, Kosmehl Hartwig
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Salivary gland carcinomas (SGC) are rare cancers with poor prognosis and limited response to conventional chemotherapy. New strategies based on molecular targeted therapy are needed and the EGFR signaling cascade is considered a possible key pathway for therapeutic molecules. We have analyzed 65 SGC of the main histopathological types for the expression of EGFR and and the mutation status of its downstream...
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