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[The frequency and spectrum of KRAS mutations in metastatic colorectal cancer].
Voprosy onkologii - 1 Jan 2013
Mazurenko N N, Gagarin I M, Tsyganova I V, Mochal'nikova V V, Breder V V
Abstract excerpt
KRAS mutations in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) are a negative marker of the effectiveness of anti-EGFR therapy and have prognostic significance. KRAS genotyping was performed in the material from patients with metastatic CRC. KRAS mutations were determined in tumor DNA from archival biopsies of 573 patients using PCR and sequencing. Mutations in the exon 2 of the KRAS gene were detected in...
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