KRAS and BRAF mutations in circulating tumour DNA from locally advanced rectal cancer

Abstract There are limited data on circulating, cell-free, tumour (ct)DNA analysis in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). Digital droplet (dd)PCR was used to investigate KRAS/BRAF mutations in ctDNA from baseline blood samples of 97 LARC patients who were treated with CAPOX followed by chemoradio...

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Main Authors: Francesco Sclafani, Ian Chau, David Cunningham, Jens C. Hahne, George Vlachogiannis, Zakaria Eltahir, Andrea Lampis, Chiara Braconi, Eleftheria Kalaitzaki, David Gonzalez De Castro, Andrew Wotherspoon, Jaume Capdevila, Bengt Glimelius, Noelia Tarazona, Ruwaida Begum, Hazel Lote, Sanna Hulkki Wilson, Giulia Mentrasti, Gina Brown, Diana Tait, Jacqueline Oates, Nicola Valeri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19212-5