Impact of the amount of tumor cells in tissue samples for detection of KRAS mutations in colorectal cancer

Authors :: Sylvain Kirzin
Eric Delabesse
Janick Selves
S. Valmary
Marie Danjoux
K. Gordien
D. Grand
Pierre Brousset
E. Tournier
Rosine Guimbaud
Source :: Journal of Clinical Oncology. 28:3571-3571
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2010.
Abstract: 3571 Background: Treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer with anti-EGFR is restricted to patients with wild-type KRAS tumor. The detection of KRAS mutation is easy to perform using several method...

Subjects :: Oncology
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
endocrine system diseases
Colorectal cancer
business.industry
Tumor cells
medicine.disease_cause
medicine.disease
digestive system diseases
respiratory tract diseases
Internal medicine
medicine
KRAS
business
neoplasms
Kras mutation

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