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[High-throughput screening method of KRAS mutations at codons 12 and 13 in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue specimens of metastatic colorectal cancer].
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2011
Fukushima Yoshiyuki, Yanaka Shoko, Murakami Kazumi, Abe Yukiko, Koshizaka Takuya, Hara Hirotaka, Samejima Chihiro, Kishi Yoshiro, Kaneda Makoto, Yoshino Takayuki
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Clinical studies overseas using the therapeutic anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies, cetuximab or panitumumab against metastatic colorectal cancer(mCRC), have revealed KRAS mutations as a negative predictive marker of response. Accordingly, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan approved medical reimbursement of the KRAS mutation test in April 2010. Anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody therapies are now used as...
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