Comprehensive characterization of RAS mutations in colon and rectal cancers in old and young patients
Activating oncogenic mutations in KRAS and NRAS are common in colorectal cancer, which is a heterogenous disease. Here, the authors show that the RAS mutation spectrum is markedly different between colon and rectal cancer, and also different based on age of diagnosis and microsatellite instability.
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: |
Ilya G. Serebriiskii,
Caitlin Connelly,
Garrett Frampton,
Justin Newberg,
Matthew Cooke,
Vince Miller,
Siraj Ali,
Jeffrey S. Ross,
Elizabeth Handorf,
Sanjeevani Arora,
Christopher Lieu,
Erica A. Golemis,
Joshua E. Meyer |
Format: | Article
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Language: | English |
Published: |
Nature Publishing Group
2019-08-01
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Series: | Nature Communications
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11530-0
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