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Outcome impact of PIK3CA mutations in HER2-positive breast cancer patients treated with trastuzumab.
British journal of cancer - 14 May 2013
Cizkova M, Dujaric M-E, Lehmann-Che J, Scott V, Tembo O, Asselain B, Pierga J-Y, Marty M, de Cremoux P, Spyratos F, Bieche I
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BACKGROUND: Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway activation has been suggested to negatively influence response to anti-HER2 therapy in breast cancer patients. The present study focused on mutations of the PIK3CA gene, encoding one of the two PI3K subunits. METHODS: PIK3CA mutations were assessed by direct sequencing in 80 HER2-positive patients treated with 1 year of trastuzumab. All patients...
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