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Heterogeneity of epidermal growth factor receptor status and mutations of KRAS/PIK3CA in circulating tumor cells of patients with colorectal cancer.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Jan 2013
Gasch Christin, Bauernhofer Thomas, Pichler Martin, Langer-Freitag Sabine, Reeh Matthias, Seifert Adrian M, Mauermann Oliver, Izbicki Jakob R, Pantel Klaus, Riethdorf Sabine
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BACKGROUND: Molecular characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is pivotal to increasing the diagnostic specificity of CTC assays and investigating therapeutic targets and their downstream pathways on CTCs. We focused on epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and genes relevant for its...
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