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Relationship of increased aurora kinase A gene copy number, prognosis and response to chemotherapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
British journal of cancer - 14 Feb 2012
Dotan E, Meropol N J, Zhu F, Zambito F, Bove B, Cai K Q, Godwin A K, Golemis E A, Astsaturov I, Cohen S J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Increased Aurora kinase A gene copy number (AURKA-CN) has been reported in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), with unknown relationship to clinical outcome. We correlated increased AURKA-CN in mCRC tumours with KRAS mutation status, overall and progression-free survival (OS, PFS). METHODS: Sixty-one mCRC tumours were analysed for AURKA-CN using q-PCR, and KRAS mutation status by direct sequencing....
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