ASCO Provisional Clinical Opinion: KRAS, Cetuximab, and Panitumumab-Clinical Implications in Colorectal Cancer.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC2790641 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar
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ASCO Provisional Clinical Opinion: KRAS, Cetuximab, and Panitumumab-Clinical Implications in Colorectal Cancer.
Morton Roscoe F RF Hammond Elizabeth H EH
Journal of oncology practice 20090301 2
ASCO's Provisional Clinical Opinion alerts oncologists to emerging information from recent clinical trials that can assist them in treatment selection. Evidence suggests that cetuximab and panitumumab are ineffective in patients with KRAS mutations at codon 12 or 13. Thus, patients with colorectal cancer with these mutations should be spared the toxicity and cost of an ineffective therapy. ...[more]
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