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Reevaluating the prognostic role of BRAF mutation in colorectal cancer liver metastases.
American journal of surgery - 1 May 2022
Pikouli Anastasia, Papaconstantinou Dimitrios, Wang Jane, Kavezou Foteini, Pararas Nikolaos, Nastos Constantinos, Pikoulis Emmanouil, Margonis Georgios Antonios
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INTRODUCTION: Mutations in the BRAF proto-oncogene have been shown to predict poor patient survival following curative-intent liver surgery for metastatic colorectal cancer. The aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis is to evaluate the effect of mutated BRAF status (mutBRAF) on the overall (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) in these patients. METHODS: A comprehensive literature search was...
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