KRAS mutation testing in colorectal cancer: the model for molecular pathology testing in the future

Title: KRAS mutation testing in colorectal cancer: the model for molecular pathology testing in the future
Creator: Wong, Stephen Q.; Scott, Rodney; Fox, Stephen B.
Relation: Colorectal Cancer Vol. 5, Issue 2, p. 73-80
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/crc-2015-0009
Publisher: Future Medicine
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2016
Description: Somatic mutations in the KRAS gene often occur in colorectal cancer (CRC) and are predictive for poor response to EGFR blockade therapy. Over the past decade, routine detection of KRAS mutations has been employed in many diagnostic centers using a range of methodological approaches including Sanger sequencing, pyrosequencing, high-resolution melt analysis and more recently, next-generation sequencing approaches. This article highlights the clinical relevance of KRAS-mutated CRCs, examines advantages and disadvantages of various detection methods and highlights the considerations that are critical for an accurate, rapid and efficient workflow to detect KRAS and other RAS mutations in CRC presently and in the future.
Subject: circulating tumor DNA; colorectal cancer; KRAS; molecular pathology; next-generation sequencing
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1340784
Identifier: uon:28574
Identifier: ISSN:1758-194X
Language: eng
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