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Clinical characterization of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer depending on the KRAS status.
Anti-cancer drugs - 1 Oct 2011
Modest Dominik P, Stintzing Sebastian, Laubender Ruediger P, Neumann Jens, Jung Andreas, Giessen Clemens, Haas Michael, Aubele Philipp, Schulz Christoph, Boeck Stefan, Stemmler Hans-Joachim, Kirchner Thomas, Heinemann Volker
Abstract excerpt
This retrospective study investigated the clinical characteristics of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) depending on the KRAS status, thereby differentiating KRAS exon 2 mutations in codon 12 versus codon 13. In total, 273 patients with mCRC receiving first-line therapy were analyzed. One hundred patients were treated within the FIRE-3 trial (FOLFIRI plus cetuximab or bevacizumab), 147 patients...
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