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Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric cancer reveals intratumoral heterogeneity of PIK3CA mutations.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 May 2017
Böger C, Krüger S, Behrens H M, Bock S, Haag J, Kalthoff H, Röcken C
Abstract excerpt
Background: Recent whole-genome sequencing identified four molecular subtypes of gastric cancer (GC), of which the subgroup of Epstein-Barr virus-associated GC (EBVaGC) showed a significant enrichment of PIK3CA mutations. We here aimed to validate independently the enrichment of PIK3CA mutations in EBVaGC of a Central European GC cohort, to correlate EBV status with clinico-pathological patient characteristics...
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