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RAS/BRAF Circulating Tumor DNA Mutations as a Predictor of Response to First-Line Chemotherapy in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients.
Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 Jan 2018
Yao Jiannan, Zang Wanchun, Ge Yang, Weygant Nathaniel, Yu Pan, Li Lei, Rao Guanhua, Jiang Zhi, Yan Rui, He Linjia, Yu Yang, Jin Mulan, Cheng Gang, An Guangyu
Abstract excerpt
Background: Since circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) offers clear advantages as a minimally invasive method for tumor monitoring compared with tumor tissue, we aimed to evaluate genotyping ctDNA using a next-generation sequencing- (NGS-) based panel to identify the prognostic value of mutation status in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients with primary tumor resected and with subsequent lines of treatment in...
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