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KRAS mutations in tumor tissue and plasma by different assays predict survival of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR - 10 Dec 2014
Xu Jian-Ming, Liu Xiao-Jing, Ge Fei-Jiao, Lin Li, Wang Yan, Sharma Manish R, Liu Ze-Yuan, Tommasi Stefania, Paradiso Angelo
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BACKGROUND: The optimal laboratory assay for detecting KRAS mutations in different biospecimens from patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), and the clinical relevance of these gene alterations is still in question. We analyzed the prognostic-predictive relevance of KRAS status, determined in tumor and plasma DNA by two different assays, in a large mono-institutional series of mCRC patients. METHODS:...
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