Gautschi, O; Huegli, B; Ziegler, A; Gugger, M; Heighway, J; Ratschiller, D; Mack, P C; Gumerlock, P H; Kung, H J; Stahel, R A; Gandara, D R; Betticher, D C (2007). Origin and prognostic value of circulating KRAS mutations in lung cancer patients. Cancer letters, 254(2), pp. 265-73. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.canlet.2007.03.008
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Because of the current controversy on the origin and clinical value of circulating KRAS codon 12 mutations in lung cancer, we screened 180 patients using a combined restriction fragment-length polymorphism and polymerase chain reaction (RFLP-PCR) assay. We detected KRAS mutations in 9% plasma samples and 0% matched lymphocytes. Plasma KRAS mutations correlated significantly with poor prognosis. We validated the positive results in a second laboratory by DNA sequencing and found matching codon 12 sequences in blood and tumor in 78% evaluable cases. These results support the notion that circulating KRAS mutations originate from tumors and are prognostically relevant in lung cancer.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Medical Oncology 04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Pathology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Gautschi, Oliver, Gugger, Mathias, Ratschiller, Daniel |
ISSN: |
0304-3835 |
ISBN: |
17449174 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:53 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:16 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.canlet.2007.03.008 |
PubMed ID: |
17449174 |
Web of Science ID: |
000249141500009 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/22405 (FactScience: 34538) |