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Exploratory biomarker analysis for treatment response in KRAS wild type metastatic colorectal cancer patients who received cetuximab plus irinotecan.
BMC cancer - 20 Oct 2015
Kim Seung Tae, Ahn Tae Jin, Lee Eunjin, Do In-Gu, Lee Su Jin, Park Se Hoon, Park Joon Oh, Park Young Suk, Lim Ho Yeong, Kang Won Ki, Kim Suk Hyeong, Lee Jeeyun, Kim Hee Cheol
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BACKGROUND: More than half of the patients selected based on KRAS mutation status fail to respond to the treatment with cetuximab in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). We designed a study to identify additional biomarkers that could act as indicators for cetuximab treatment in mCRC. METHODS: We investigated 58 tumor samples from wild type KRAS CRC patients treated with cetuximab plus irinotecan (CI). We...
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