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Mutations in EGFR, BRAF and RAS are rare in triple-negative and basal-like breast cancers from Caucasian women.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jan 2014
Tilch E, Seidens T, Cocciardi S, Reid L E, Byrne D, Simpson P T, Vargas A C, Cummings M C, Fox S B, Lakhani S R, Chenevix Trench G
Abstract excerpt
Basal-like and triple-negative breast cancers usually display a high level of genomic instability and often carry TP53 mutations. Mutations in EGFR have been reported in about 10 % triple-negative tumours from Chinese women, and there is some evidence that triple-negative and basal-like tumours might carry additional mutations against which targeted therapies are available. We, therefore, sought to determine the...
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