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Molecular markers for novel therapeutic strategies in pancreatic endocrine tumors.
Pancreas - 1 Apr 2013
Gilbert Judith A, Adhikari Laura J, Lloyd Ricardo V, Halfdanarson Thorvardur R, Muders Michael H, Ames Matthew M
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OBJECTIVES: Pancreatic endocrine tumors (PETs) share numerous features with gastrointestinal neuroendocrine (carcinoid) tumors. Targets of novel therapeutic strategies previously assessed in carcinoid tumors were analyzed in PETs (44 cases). METHODS: Activating mutations in EGFR, KIT, and PDGFRA and nonresponse mutations in KRAS were evaluated. Copy number of EGFR and HER-2/neu was quantified by fluorescence in...
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