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Beyond KRAS status and response to anti-EGFR therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 May 2014
Perkins Geraldine, Pilati Camilla, Blons Helene, Laurent-Puig Pierre
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In patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, overall survival has improved over the last decade mainly due to the use of effective targeted therapies such as anti-EGFR. However, survival improvement is linked to proper selection of patients expected to benefit from these treatments. KRAS codons 12 and 13 mutation status was the first validated molecular biomarker for anti-EGFR antibodies. Today, rare KRAS...
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