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KRAS variant allele frequency, but not mutation positivity, associates with survival of patients with pancreatic cancer.
Cancer science - 1 Sept 2022
Suzuki Tatsunori, Masugi Yohei, Inoue Yosuke, Hamada Tsuyoshi, Tanaka Mariko, Takamatsu Manabu, Arita Junichi, Kato Tomotaka, Kawaguchi Yoshikuni, Kunita Akiko, Nakai Yousuke, Nakano Yutaka, Ono Yoshihiro, Sasahira Naoki, Takeda Tsuyoshi, Tateishi Keisuke, Uemura Sho, Koike Kazuhiko, Ushiku Tetsuo, Takeuchi Kengo, Sakamoto Michiie, Hasegawa Kiyoshi, Kitago Minoru, Takahashi Yu, Fujishiro Mitsuhiro
Abstract excerpt
KRAS mutation is a major driver of pancreatic carcinogenesis and will likely be a therapeutic target. Due to lack of sensitive assays for clinical samples of pancreatic cancer with low cellularity, KRAS mutations and their prognostic association have not been fully examined in large populations. In a multi-institutional cohort of 1162 pancreatic cancer patients with formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor samples,...
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