BRAF mutant colorectal cancer as a distinct subset of colorectal cancer: Clinical characteristics, clinical behavior, and response to targeted therapies

Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 660-667

  Clarke, Callisia N ^a   Kopetz, E Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BRAF; Colorectal cancer (CRC); Prognostic biomarker; Targeted therapy

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; CETUXIMAB; DABRAFENIB; FLUOROURACIL; IRINOTECAN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; OXALIPLATIN; PANITUMUMAB; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; TRAMETINIB; VEMURAFENIB;

CANCER GENETICS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CPG ISLAND; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; METASTASIS RESECTION; METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER; METASTATIC MELANOMA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; ONCOGENE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 84995752465     PISSN: 20786891     EISSN: 2219679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2015.077     Document Type: Review

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