In vivo and ex vivo cetuximab sensitivity assay using three-dimensional primary culture system to stratify KRAS mutant colorectal cancer.

In clinic, cetuximab, an anti-EGFR antibody, improves treatment outcomes in colorectal cancer (CRC). KRAS-mutant CRC is generally resistant to cetuximab, although difference of the sensitivity among KRAS-mutants has not been studied in detail. We previously developed the cancer tissue-originated sph...

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Main Authors: Takahiro Tashiro, Hiroaki Okuyama, Hiroko Endo, Kenji Kawada, Yasuko Ashida, Masayuki Ohue, Yoshiharu Sakai, Masahiro Inoue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5354432?pdf=render