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Can Serum be Used for Analyzing the KRAS Mutation Status in Patients with Advanced Colorectal Cancer?
Cancer research and treatment - 1 Oct 2015
Kim Seung Tae, Chang Won Jin, Jin Lihua, Sung Jae Sook, Choi Yun Ji, Kim Yeul Hong
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PURPOSE: KRAS mutations have been used widely as prognostic or predictive marker in patients with advanced colorectal cancer (CRC). However, it may be difficult to obtain a tumor tissue for analyzing the status of KRAS mutation in large proportion of patients with advanced disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We obtained pairs of tumor and serum samples from 65 patients with advanced CRC, between March 2008 and July...
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