Article
Patient and tumor characteristics and BRAF and KRAS mutations in colon cancer, NCCTG/Alliance N0147.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 1 Jul 2014
Gonsalves Wilson I, Mahoney Michelle R, Sargent Daniel J, Nelson Garth D, Alberts Steven R, Sinicrope Frank A, Goldberg Richard M, Limburg Paul J, Thibodeau Stephen N, Grothey Axel, Hubbard Joleen M, Chan Emily, Nair Suresh, Berenberg Jeffrey L, McWilliams Robert R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: KRAS and BRAF (V600E) mutations are important predictive and prognostic markers, respectively, in colon cancer, but little is known about patient and clinical factors associated with them. METHODS: Two thousand three hundred twenty-six of 3397 patients in the N0147 phase III adjuvant trial for stage III colon cancer completed a patient questionnaire. Primary tumors were assessed for KRAS and BRAF...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aspartic Acid
- Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic
- Colonic Neoplasms
- DNA Mismatch Repair
- Female
- Glutamic Acid
- Glycine
- Humans
