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KRASness and PIK3CAness in patients with advanced colorectal cancer: outcome after treatment with early-phase trials with targeted pathway inhibitors.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Garrido-Laguna Ignacio, Hong David S, Janku Filip, Nguyen Ly M, Falchook Gerald S, Fu Siqing, Wheler Jenifer J, Luthra Rajyalakshmi, Naing Aung, Wang Xuemei, Kurzrock Razelle
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PURPOSE: To evaluate clinicopathologic and molecular features of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) and their outcomes in early-phase trials using pathway-targeting agents. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analyzed characteristics of 238 patients with mCRC referred to the phase 1 trials unit at MD Anderson Cancer Center. KRAS, PIK3CA and BRAF status were tested using PCR-based DNA sequencing. RESULTS:...
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