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KRAS p.G13D mutations are associated with sensitivity to anti-EGFR antibody treatment in colorectal cancer cell lines.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 1 Feb 2013
Messner Isabelle, Cadeddu Giuseppe, Huckenbeck Wolfgang, Knowles Helen J, Gabbert Helmut E, Baldus Stephan E, Schaefer Karl-Ludwig
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Targeted therapies using the anti-EGFR antibodies panitumumab (Pmab) or cetuximab (Cmab) are currently restricted to patients with metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma whose tumours do not show a mutation in KRAS. However, recent retrospective studies indicated that patients with tumours mutated in codon 13 of KRAS may benefit from treatment with Cmab in contrast to patients with tumours mutated in KRAS...
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