Article
RAS Mutations as Predictive Biomarkers in Clinical Management of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.
Clinical colorectal cancer - 1 Jun 2016
Waring Paul, Tie Jeanne, Maru Dipen, Karapetis Christos S
Abstract excerpt
The use of anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibody therapies in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer is guided by the presence of activating point mutations in codons 12, 13, 59, 61, 117, and 146 of the KRAS and NRAS genes in the primary tumor. Although these mutations have been incorporated into the prescribing information for both cetuximab and panitumumab, highlighted in the...
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