The Prognostic Value of BRAF Mutation in Colorectal Cancer and Melanoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

G Safaee Ardekani, SM Jafarnejad, L Tan, A Saeedi… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Mutation of BRAF is a predominant event in cancers with poor prognosis such
as melanoma and colorectal cancer. BRAF mutation leads to a constitutive activation of …

Cancer genomics: technology, discovery, and translation

B Tran, JE Dancey, S Kamel-Reid… - Journal of Clinical …, 2012 - ascopubs.org
In recent years, the increasing awareness that somatic mutations and other genetic
aberrations drive human malignancies has led us within reach of personalized cancer …

Colon cancer molecular subtypes identified by expression profiling and associatedto stroma, mucinous type and different clinical behavior

B Perez Villamil, A Romera Lopez, S Hernandez Prieto… - BMC cancer, 2012 - Springer
Background Colon cancer patients with the same stage show diverse clinical behavior dueto
tumor heterogeneity. We aimed to discover distinct classes of tumorsbased on microarray …

BRAF Mutation Status and Survival after Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis According to Patient and Tumor Characteristics

AI Phipps, DD Buchanan, KW Makar… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2012 - AACR
Background: BRAF mutations in colorectal cancer (CRC) are disproportionately observed in
tumors exhibiting microsatellite instability (MSI) and are associated with other prognostic …

Current status of cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis from colorectal cancer

T Weber, M Roitman, KH Link - Clinical colorectal cancer, 2012 - Elsevier
Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) arising from colorectal cancer (CRC) is generally considered
a terminal condition with no treatment options. However novel treatment strategies have …

The influence of KRAS and BRAF mutations on the efficacy of cetuximab‐based first‐line therapy of metastatic colorectal cancer: An analysis of the AIO KRK‐0104 …

DP Modest, A Jung, N Moosmann… - … journal of cancer, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Our study investigated the impact of specific KRAS mutations and BRAF mutation on
progression‐free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic …

A systems biology approach to the global analysis of transcription factors in colorectal cancer

MP Pradhan, NKA Prasad, MJ Palakal - BMC cancer, 2012 - Springer
Background Biological entities do not perform in isolation, and often, it is the nature and
degree of interactions among numerous biological entities which ultimately determines any …

[HTML][HTML] Colon cancer molecular subtypes identified by expression profiling and associated to stroma, mucinous type and different clinical behavior

BP Villamil, AR Lopez, SH Prieto, GL Campos… - BMC Cancer, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Colon cancer patients with the same stage show diverse clinical behavior due
to tumor heterogeneity. We aimed to discover distinct classes of tumors based on microarray …

[HTML][HTML] An initial watch and wait approach is a valid strategy for selected patients with newly diagnosed metastatic colorectal cancer

M Voskoboynik, S Bae, S Ananda, J Desai… - Annals of oncology, 2012 - Elsevier
Background A range of treatments are available for patients with metastatic colorectal
cancer (mCRC). An initial period without active treatment, a 'watch and wait approach', is …

Prognostic role of tumour associated trypsin inhibitor in colorectal cancer patients

A Gaber - 2012 - portal.research.lu.se
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common forms of human cancer worldwide with
approximately 1 million new cases detected every year. CEA is currently the only accepted …