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High-Throughput Genotyping in Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Identifies Phosphoinositide-3-Kinase and BRAF Mutations
3 Aug 2012
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BACKGROUND: Given the high incidence of metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, especially in Asia, we screened for the presence of somatic mutations using OncoMap platform with the aim of defining subsets of patients who may be potential candidate for targeted therapy. METHODS AND MATERIALS: We analyzed 87 tissue specimens obtained from 80 patients who were pathologically confirmed with esophageal...
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