Gain of ALK gene copy number may predict lack of benefit from anti-EGFR treatment in patients with advanced colorectal cancer and RAS-RAF-PI3KCA wild-type status.

Although cetuximab and panitumumab show an increased efficacy for patients with KRAS-NRAS-BRAF and PI3KCA wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer, primary resistance occurs in a relevant subset of molecularly enriched populations.We evaluated the outcome of 68 patients with advanced colorectal cancer...

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Main Authors: Filippo Pietrantonio, Claudia Maggi, Maria Di Bartolomeo, Maria Grazia Facciorusso, Federica Perrone, Adele Testi, Roberto Iacovelli, Rosalba Miceli, Ilaria Bossi, Giorgia Leone, Massimo Milione, Giuseppe Pelosi, Filippo de Braud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3972159?pdf=render