Pathological features and prognostication in colorectal cancer

K Chen, G Collins, H Wang, JWT Toh - Current Oncology, 2021 - mdpi.com
The prognostication of colorectal cancer (CRC) has traditionally relied on staging as defined
by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and American Joint Committee on …

The clinical impact of the genomic landscape of mismatch repair–deficient cancers

G Germano, N Amirouchene-Angelozzi, G Rospo… - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
The mismatch repair (MMR) system which detects and corrects base mismatches and
insertions and deletions that occur during DNA synthesis is deregulated in approximately …

Prognostic Value of BRAF and KRAS Mutations in MSI and MSS Stage III Colon Cancer

J Taieb, K Le Malicot, Q Shi… - Journal of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background: The prognostic value of BRAF and KRAS mutations within microsatellite-
unstable (MSI) and microsatellite-stable (MSS) subgroups of resected colon carcinoma …

Microsatellite instability and survival in stage II colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

F Petrelli, M Ghidini, M Cabiddu, E Pezzica… - Anticancer …, 2019 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: About 15-20% of colorectal cancers (CRCs) have deficiency in a mismatch
repair (MMR) protein. MMR has a high level of microsatellite instability (MSI-H). We have …

Cell-free circulating (tumor) DNA before surgery as a prognostic factor in non-metastatic colorectal cancer: a systematic review

SJ Schraa, KL van Rooijen, M Koopman, GR Vink… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Patients with colorectal cancer without distant metastases are often cured
by surgical tumor resection. Follow-up is needed because of the risk of disease recurrence …

KRAS: a druggable target in colon cancer patients

F Negri, L Bottarelli, GL de'Angelis, L Gnetti - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mutations in KRAS are among the most frequent aberrations in cancer, including colon
cancer. KRAS direct targeting is daunting due to KRAS protein resistance to small molecule …

The KRAS-Mutant Consensus Molecular Subtype 3 Reveals an Immunosuppressive Tumor Microenvironment in Colorectal Cancer

P Tanjak, A Chaiboonchoe, T Suwatthanarak… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The poor prognosis outcome of patients with KRAS mutations (KRAS mut)
was correlated with an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). At the gene …

Liquid biopsies for cancer: coming to a patient near you

N Krishnamurthy, E Spencer, A Torkamani… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - mdpi.com
The use of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) as a novel and non-invasive test for the diagnosis
and surveillance of cancer is a rapidly growing area of interest, with sequencing of ctDNA …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the role of KRAS in tumor immune microenvironment

M Xu, X Zhao, T Wen, X Qu - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2024 - Elsevier
Kirsten rats sarcoma viral oncogene (KRAS), the first discovered human oncogene, has long
been recognized as “undruggable”. KRAS mutations frequently occur in multiple human …

The biological complexity of colorectal cancer: insights into biomarkers for early detection and personalized care

M De Rosa, D Rega, V Costabile… - Therapeutic …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Colorectal cancer has been ranked the third and second most prevalent of all cancers in
men and women, respectively, and it represents the fourth most common cause of cancer …