Acquired RAS or EGFR mutations and duration of response to EGFR blockade in colorectal cancer

Autor: Beth O. Van Emburgh, Sabrina Arena, Giulia Siravegna, Luca Lazzari, Giovanni Crisafulli, Giorgio Corti, Benedetta Mussolin, Federica Baldi, Michela Buscarino, Alice Bartolini, Emanuele Valtorta, Joana Vidal, Beatriz Bellosillo, Giovanni Germano, Filippo Pietrantonio, Agostino Ponzetti, Joan Albanell, Salvatore Siena, Andrea Sartore-Bianchi, Federica Di Nicolantonio, Clara Montagut, Alberto Bardelli
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13665
Popis: Some colorectal cancer patients respond well to treatment with anti-EGFR antibodies, however response is almost invariably followed by acquired resistance. Here, the authors show that patients with shorter responses acquireRAS mutations, while those relapsing later preferentially develop mutations in the extracellular domain of EGFR.
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