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BRAF testing in metastatic colorectal carcinoma and novel, chemotherapy-free therapeutic options.
Der Pathologe - 1 Nov 2021
Hummel Michael, Hegewisch-Becker Susanna, Neumann Jens H L, Vogel Arndt
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In the past 25 years, treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) has undergone profound changes. The approval of newer chemotherapeutics such as irinotecan and oxaliplatin was followed in 2005 by the first targeted therapies, for example, monoclonal antibodies directed against the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), as cetuximab and panitumumab, or the angiogenesis inhibitors bevacizumab, ramucirumab,...
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