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Metastatic colorectal cancer KRAS genotyping in routine practice: results and pitfalls.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Aug 2011
Lamy Aude, Blanchard France, Le Pessot Florence, Sesboüé Richard, Di Fiore Frédéric, Bossut Jessie, Fiant Elodie, Frébourg Thierry, Sabourin Jean-Christophe
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KRAS genotyping is mandatory before anti-epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer, which is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States and in Europe. Thus, large-scale KRAS mutation screening is needed for efficient patient management and in the future metastatic colorectal cancer genotyping might also include the detection of the BRAF...
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