A comparison of three methods for detecting KRAS mutations in formalin-fixed colorectal cancer specimens

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 345-351

  Gonzalez De Castro, D ^a   Angulo, B ^b   Gomez, B ^a   Mair, D ^a   Martinez, R ^b   Suarez Gauthier, A ^b   Shieh, F ^c   Velez, M ^c   Brophy, V H ^c   Lawrence, H J ^c   Lopez Rios, F ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospital Universitario Madrid Norte Sanchinarro   (Spain)

^c ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; KRAS mutation testing; molecular diagnostics

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ARTICLE; COBAS TEST; COLORECTAL CANCER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONCOGENE K RAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SANGER SEQUENCING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERASCREEN TEST; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RAS PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84863723714     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.259     Document Type: Article

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