High-resolution melting analysis as a sensitive prescreening diagnostic tool to detect KRAS , BRAF , PIK3CA , and AKT1 mutations in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues.

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CONTEXT: As the availability of targeted therapies for several tumor types increases, the need for rapid and sensitive mutation screening is growing. KRAS mutations constitutively activate the RAS/RAF/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway and therefore play an important role in anti-epidermal growth factor receptor therapy for patients with colorectal cancers. Mutationally activated PIK3CA and AKT1...

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