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The role of KRAS mutation testing in the management of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine - 1 Oct 2009
Monzon Federico A, Ogino Shuji, Hammond M Elizabeth H, Halling Kevin C, Bloom Kenneth J, Nikiforova Marina N
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CONTEXT: KRAS mutations can be detected in approximately 30% to 40% of all patients with colorectal cancer. Several recent studies have shown that patients with KRAS mutations in codons 12 or 13 in metastatic tumors do not benefit from anti-epidermal growth factor receptor therapy with cetuximab or panitumumab. OBJECTIVE: To review the literature on the role of KRAS mutation testing for management of patients...
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