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EGFR and KRAS mutational analysis and their correlation to survival in pancreatic and periampullary cancer.
Pancreas - 1 Apr 2012
Oliveira-Cunha Melissa, Hadfield Kristen D, Siriwardena Ajith K, Newman William
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OBJECTIVES: Pancreatic and periampullary cancers have a high incidence of activating KRAS mutations. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of KRAS and EGFR mutations in pancreatic and periampullary cancers and their relationship with survival. METHODS: One hundred patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy or pancreatic biopsy for cancer were recruited. Samples of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded...
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