Colorectal cancer: How emerging molecular understanding affects treatment decisions

ONCOLOGY (United States)

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Sridharan, Meera ^a   Hubbard, Joleen M ^a   Grothey, Axel ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; B RAF KINASE; BEVACIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE; CETUXIMAB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE INHIBITOR; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN; PANITUMUMAB; REGORAFENIB; TRASTUZUMAB; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR; VEMURAFENIB;

ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; EXON; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84896354256     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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