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Analysis of Circulating Tumor DNA to Confirm Somatic KRAS Mutations
30 Jul 2009
Abstract excerpt
KRAS mutations have clearly emerged as a pharmacogenomic marker that can predict which metastatic colorectal cancers will be resistant to treatment with antibodies that inhibit the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) ( 1 , 2 ). The evaluation of patients for mutations in KRAS is rapidly becoming part of routine practice in clinical oncology and so far has relied mostly on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded...
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