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Mucinous adenocarcinoma is a pharmacogenomically distinct subtype of colorectal cancer.
The pharmacogenomics journal - 1 Jun 2020
Reynolds Ian S, O'Connell Emer, Fichtner Michael, McNamara Deborah A, Kay Elaine W, Prehn Jochen H M, Furney Simon J, Burke John P
Abstract excerpt
Mucinous colorectal cancer is a unique histological subtype that is known to respond poorly to cytotoxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy. There are a number of genes known to be associated with resistance to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), oxaliplatin, and irinotecan. The aim of this study was to compare the somatic mutation frequency and copy number variation (CNV) in these genes between mucinous and non-mucinous...
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