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Neutral evolution of drug resistant colorectal cancer cell populations is independent of their KRAS status.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Blagoev Krastan B, Wilkerson Julia, Burotto Mauricio, Kim Chul, Espinal-Domínguez Edward, García-Alfonso Pilar, Alimchandani Meghna, Miettinen Markku, Blanco-Codesido Montserrat, Fojo Tito
Abstract excerpt
Emergence of tumor resistance to an anti-cancer therapy directed against a putative target raises several questions including: (1) do mutations in the target/pathway confer resistance? (2) Are these mutations pre-existing? (3) What is the relative fitness of cells with/without the mutation? We addressed these questions in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). We conducted an exhaustive review of...
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