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Oncologists' attitudes toward KRAS testing: a multisite study.
Cancer medicine - 1 Dec 2013
Harris Julie N, Liljestrand Petra, Alexander Gwen L, Goddard Katrina A B, Kauffman Tia, Kolevska Tatjana, McCarty Catherine, O'Neill Suzanne, Pawloski Pamala, Rahm Alanna, Williams Andrew, Somkin Carol P
Abstract excerpt
Recent discoveries promise increasingly to help oncologists individually tailor anticancer therapy to their patients' molecular tumor characteristics. One such promising molecular diagnostic is Kirsten ras (KRAS) tumor mutation testing for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients. In the current study, we examined how and why physicians adopt KRAS testing and how they subsequently utilize the information when...
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