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Prognostic value of KRAS mutations in stage III colon cancer: post-hoc analysis of the PETACC8 phase III trial dataset

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KRAS exon 2 mutations are independent predictors of shorter TTR in patients with resected stage III distal colon cancers receiving adjuvant therapy, and future clinical trials in the adjUvant setting should consider both the tumor location and KRAS mutations as important stratification factors.
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This article is published in Annals of Oncology.The article was published on 2014-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 96 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: KRAS & Cetuximab.

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From tumour heterogeneity to advances in precision treatment of colorectal cancer

TL;DR: Advances in molecular biology over the past decade have enabled a better understanding of the development of CRC, as well as the more-precise use of innovative targeted therapies for this disease, and include three fundamental achievements.
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The Frequency of Ras Mutations in Cancer.

TL;DR: It is found that approximately 19% of patients with cancer harbor Ras mutations, equivalent to approximately 3.4 million new cases per year worldwide.
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Personalizing Colon Cancer Adjuvant Therapy: Selecting Optimal Treatments for Individual Patients

TL;DR: B biomarker analyses of multiple studies strongly support the feasibility of refining risk stratification in colon cancer by factoring in molecular characteristics with pathologic tumor staging, and the value of BRAF or KRAS mutations as additional risk factors in stage III disease is greater when microsatellite status and tumor location are taken into account.
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KRAS Alleles: The Devil Is in the Detail

TL;DR: Historical and emerging evidence supports the notion that the specific biology related to each KRAS allele might be exploitable for allele-specific therapy.
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TL;DR: It is found that ras-gene mutations occurred in 58 percent of adenomas larger than 1 cm and in 47 percent of carcinomas, which are consistent with a model of colorectal tumorigenesis in which the steps required for the development of cancer often involve the mutational activation of an oncogene coupled with the loss of several genes that normally suppress tumors.
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TL;DR: With all genomic information recently updated to GRCh37, COSMIC integrates many diverse types of mutation information and is making much closer links with Ensembl and other data resources.
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