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Predictive and prognostic markers in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC): personalized medicine at work.
Hematology/oncology clinics of North America - 1 Feb 2015
Stintzing Sebastian, Stremitzer Stefan, Sebio Ana, Lenz Heinz-Josef
Abstract excerpt
This article clarifies prognostic and predictive markers in the treatment of colorectal cancer. Multiple chemotherapeutic drugs are approved for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), but available guidelines are often not helpful in directing drug selections. It would be desirable to define patient populations before chemotherapy by biomarkers that predict outcome and toxicities. RAS mutational evaluation remains...
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