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Extreme Outlier Analysis Identifies Occult Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway Mutations in Patients With Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Dec 2015
Grisham Rachel N, Sylvester Brooke E, Won Helen, McDermott Gregory, DeLair Deborah, Ramirez Ricardo, Yao Zhan, Shen Ronglai, Dao Fanny, Bogomolniy Faina, Makker Vicky, Sala Evis, Soumerai Tara E, Hyman David M, Socci Nicholas D, Viale Agnes, Gershenson David M, Farley John, Levine Douglas A, Rosen Neal, Berger Michael F, Spriggs David R, Aghajanian Carol A, Solit David B, Iyer Gopa
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PURPOSE: No effective systemic therapy exists for patients with metastatic low-grade serous (LGS) ovarian cancers. BRAF and KRAS mutations are common in serous borderline (SB) and LGS ovarian cancers, and MEK inhibition has been shown to induce tumor regression in a minority of patients; however,...
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