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Endometrial Carcinomas with POLE Exonuclease Domain Mutations Have a Favorable Prognosis.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Jun 2016
McConechy Melissa K, Talhouk Aline, Leung Samuel, Chiu Derek, Yang Winnie, Senz Janine, Reha-Krantz Linda J, Lee Cheng-Han, Huntsman David G, Gilks C Blake, McAlpine Jessica N
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to confirm the prognostic significance of POLE exonuclease domain mutations (EDM) in endometrial carcinoma patients. In addition, the effect of treatment on POLE-mutated tumors was assessed. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: A retrospective patient cohort of 496 endometrial carcinoma patients was identified for targeted sequencing of the POLE exonuclease domain, yielding 406 evaluable...
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