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Cost-effectiveness analysis of screening for KRAS and BRAF mutations in metastatic colorectal cancer.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 5 Dec 2012
Behl Ajay S, Goddard Katrina A B, Flottemesch Thomas J, Veenstra David, Meenan Richard T, Lin Jennifer S, Maciosek Michael V
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BACKGROUND: In 2009, the American Society of Clinical Oncology recommended that patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) who are candidates for anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) therapy have their tumors tested for KRAS mutations because tumors with such mutations do not respo...
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