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Prognostic value of K-RAS mutations in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review with meta-analysis.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jul 2013
Meng Daquan, Yuan Mingli, Li Xiaojuan, Chen Lijun, Yang Jie, Zhao Xin, Ma Wanli, Xin Jianbao
Abstract excerpt
K-RAS gene mutations have been found in 20-30% of non-small cell lung cancer and occur most commonly in adenocarcinoma, however, there was no definitive conclusion about the prognostic role of K-RAS mutations in NSCLC. Herein we performed a systematic review of the literatures with meta-analysis to assess K-RAS mutations' prognostic value in NSCLC. After a methodological assessment, survival data from published...
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