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FOLFOX4 plus cetuximab treatment and RAS mutations in colorectal cancer.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Jul 2015
Bokemeyer C, Köhne C-H, Ciardiello F, Lenz H-J, Heinemann V, Klinkhardt U, Beier F, Duecker K, van Krieken J H, Tejpar S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The OPUS study demonstrated that addition of cetuximab to 5-fluorouracil, folinic acid and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX4) significantly improved objective response and progression-free survival (PFS) in the first-line treatment of patients with KRAS exon 2 wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). In patients with KRAS exon 2 mutations, a detrimental effect was seen upon addition of cetuximab to FOLFOX4....
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