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Synthetic lethal interaction of cetuximab with MEK1/2 inhibition in NRAS-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer.
Oncotarget - 13 Dec 2016
Queralt Bernardo, Cuyàs Elisabet, Bosch-Barrera Joaquim, Massaguer Anna, de Llorens Rafael, Martin-Castillo Begoña, Brunet Joan, Salazar Ramon, Menendez Javier A
Abstract excerpt
KRAS mutations are an established predictor of lack of response to EGFR-targeted therapies in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). However, little is known about the role of the rarer NRAS mutations as a mechanism of primary resistance to the anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody cetuximab in wild-type KRAS mCRC. Using isogenic mCRC cells with a heterozygous knock-in of the NRAS activating mutation Q61K, we...
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