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Concurrent MET copy number gain and KRAS mutation is a poor prognostic factor in pancreatobiliary subtype ampullary cancers.
Pathology, research and practice - 1 Apr 2017
Kwon Mi Jung, Kim Jeong Won, Jeon Jang Yong, Nam Eun Sook, Cho Seong Jin, Park Hye-Rim, Min Soo Kee, Seo Jinwon, Min Kyueng-Whan, Choe Ji-Young, Lee Hye Kyung
Abstract excerpt
Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and MET are candidates of targeted therapies for cancer patients. Although MET and HGF are commonly expressed in biliary tract cancers, their expression and gene copy number status and their association with KRAS mutations have not been investigated in pancreatobiliary-type ampullary adenocarcinomas (A-ACs), one of the aggressive periampullary cancers. MET and HGF expressions and...
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