Prognostic impact of deficient DNA mismatch repair and KRAS and BRAF V600E mutations in patients with lymph-node-positive colon cancer

Current Colorectal Cancer Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 346-353

  Zaanan, Aziz ^a   Bachet, Jean Baptiste ^b   André, Thierry ^c   Sinicrope, Frank A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Biomarker; BRAF; Colorectal cancer; KRAS; Microsatellite instability; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; FLUOROURACIL; IRINOTECAN; K RAS PROTEIN; OXALIPLATIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; DISEASE COURSE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC);

EID: 84903222401     PISSN: 15563790     EISSN: 15563804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11888-014-0237-2     Document Type: Article

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