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FOLFIRI plus dulanermin (rhApo2L/TRAIL) in a patient with BRAF-mutant metastatic colon cancer.
Cancer biology & therapy - 1 Aug 2013
Lim Bora, Scicchitano Angelique, Beachler Cheryl, Gusani Niraj, Sarwani Nabeel, Yang Zhaohai, Staveley-O'Carroll Kevin, Ashkenazi Avi, Portera Chia, El-Deiry Wafik S
Abstract excerpt
Colorectal cancer patients with BRAF-mutant tumors have a more aggressive, rapidly progressing disease that is in critical need of novel therapeutic approaches. Indeed, whereas the median overall survival (OS) of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients receiving standard-of-care therapy is approximately two years or more if their tumors express wild-type BRAF and wild-type KRAS, median OS is less than twelve months with...
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