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NTRK fusion positive colorectal cancer is a unique subset of CRC with high TMB and microsatellite instability.
Cancer medicine - 1 Jul 2022
Wang Hui, Li Zhi-Wei, Ou Qiuxiang, Wu Xue, Nagasaka Misako, Shao Yang, Ou Sai-Hong Ignatius, Yang Yu
Abstract excerpt
TRK fusions are rare but targetable mutations which occur across a wide variety of cancer types. We report the prevalence of approximately 0.7% for NTRK-positive colorectal cancer (CRC) by genetically profiling 2519 colonic and rectal tumors. The aberrations of APC and TP53 frequently co-occurred with NTRK gene fusions, whereas RAS/BRAF oncogenic alterations and NTRK fusions were almost always mutually exclusive....
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