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Identification of Targetable Kinase Alterations in Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma That are Preferentially Associated with Wild-Type RAS/RAF.
Molecular cancer research : MCR - 1 Mar 2016
Hechtman Jaclyn F, Zehir Ahmet, Yaeger Rona, Wang Lu, Middha Sumit, Zheng Tao, Hyman David M, Solit David, Arcila Maria E, Borsu Laetitia, Shia Jinru, Vakiani Efsevia, Saltz Leonard, Ladanyi Marc
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UNLABELLED: Targeted therapy for metastatic colorectal carcinoma consists of anti-EGFR therapy for patients with RAS/RAF wild-type tumors. However, the response rate remains low, suggesting the presence of alternative drivers possibly also representing potential therapeutic targets. We investigated receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) alterations and MAP2K1 (MEK1) mutations in a large cohort of colorectal carcinoma...
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