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Genetic prognostic and predictive markers in colorectal cancer.
Nature reviews. Cancer - 1 Jul 2009
Walther Axel, Johnstone Elaine, Swanton Charles, Midgley Rachel, Tomlinson Ian, Kerr David
Abstract excerpt
Despite many studies of the likely survival outcome of individual patients with colorectal cancer, our knowledge of this subject remains poor. Until recently, we had virtually no understanding of individual responses to therapy, but the discovery of the KRAS mutation as a marker of probable failure of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-targeted therapy is a first step in the tailoring of treatment to the...
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