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Relationships between KRAS mutation status and baseline radiographic distribution of disease in patients with stage IV colorectal cancer.
Abdominal imaging - 1 Dec 2014
Rosenthal Michael H, Kim Kyung Won, Fuchs Charles S, Meyerhardt Jeffrey A, Ramaiya Nikhil H
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PURPOSE: KRAS oncogene testing is recommended in all patients with metastatic colorectal cancer due to its impact on treatment selection, but we do not know if KRAS genotype affects extent or pattern of metastases. We investigated whether the initial radiographic distribution of disease varies by KRAS genotype in stage IV colorectal cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study of 65 patients with stage...
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