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KRAS-mutated plasma DNA as predictor of outcome from irinotecan monotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer.
British journal of cancer - 10 Dec 2013
Spindler K G, Appelt A L, Pallisgaard N, Andersen R F, Jakobsen A
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BACKGROUND: We investigated the clinical implications of KRAS and BRAF mutations detected in both archival tumor tissue and plasma cell-free DNA in metastatic colorectal cancer patients treated with irinotecan monotherapy. METHODS: Two hundred and eleven patients receiving second-line irinotecan (350 mg m(-2) q3w) were included in two independent cohorts. Plasma was obtained from pretreatment EDTA blood-samples....
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