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Differential properties of KRAS transversion and transition mutations in non-small cell lung cancer: associations with environmental factors and clinical outcomes.
BMC cancer - 8 Nov 2022
Sato Koichi, Akamatsu Hiroaki, Koh Yasuhiro, Ogawa Koichi, Isa Shun-Ichi, Ando Masahiko, Tamiya Akihiro, Kubo Akihito, Kitagawa Chiyoe, Kawaguchi Tomoya, Yamamoto Nobuyuki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: KRAS-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for 23-35% and 13-20% of all NSCLCs in white patients and East Asians, respectively, and is therefore regarded as a major therapeutic target. However, its epidemiology and clinical characteristics have not been fully elucidated because of its wide variety of mutational subtypes. Here, we focused on two distinct base substitution types:...
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