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[Molecular biological diagnostics of KRAS and BRAF mutations in patients with colorectal cancer - laboratory experience].
Klinicka onkologie : casopis Ceske a Slovenske onkologicke spolecnosti - 1 Jan 2013
Robešová B, Bajerová M, Vašíková A, Ostřížková L, Hausnerová J, Kyclová J, Pospíšilová S, Mayer J, Dvořáková D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Targeted biological therapy based on blocking growth factor receptors and inhibition of cancer-inducing signaling pathways is a new treatment facility for patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). Therapeutic agents are monoclonal antibodies targeting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Gene aberrations in the EGFR-induced pathways are negative predictors of therapeutic response. Determination of...
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