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Predicting response to EGFR inhibitors in metastatic colorectal cancer: current practice and future directions.
The oncologist - 1 Jan 2010
Shankaran Veena, Obel Jennifer, Benson Al B
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The identification of KRAS mutational status as a predictive marker of response to antibodies against the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has been one of the most significant and practice-changing recent advances in colorectal cancer research. Recently, data suggesting a potential role for other markers (including BRAF mutations, loss of phosphatase and tension homologue deleted on chromosome ten...
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