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Feasibility of proposed single-nucleotide polymorphisms as predictive markers for targeted regimens in metastatic colorectal cancer.
British journal of cancer - 14 May 2013
Kim J C, Ha Y J, Roh S A, Choi E Y, Yoon Y S, Kim K P, Hong Y S, Kim T W, Cho D H, Kim S Y, Kim Y S
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BACKGROUND: Surrogate biomarkers for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) are urgently needed to achieve the best outcomes for targeted therapy. METHODS: A clinical association analysis was performed to examine the three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that were previously proposed as markers of chemosensitivity to the cetuximab (124 patients) and bevacizumab regimens (100 patients) in mCRC patients. In...
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