Clinico-pathological associations and concomitant mutations of the RAS/RAF pathway in metastatic colorectal cancer.
Edoardo IsnaldiAnna GarutiGabriella CirmenaStefano ScabiniEdoardo RiminiLorenzo FerrandoMichela LiaRoberto MurialdoLucia TixiEnrico CarminatiAndrea PanaroMaurizio GalloFederica GrilloLuca MastracciLazzaro RepettoRoberto FioccaEmanuele RomaironeFrancesco RaveraAlberto BallestreroPublished in: Journal of translational medicine (2019)
To our knowledge, this is the first monocentric, consecutively accrued clinical mCRC cancer cohort tested by NGS in a real-world context for KRAS, NRAS, BRAF, and PIK3CA. Our study has highlighted in clinical practice findings such as the concomitance of mutations in the RAS/RAF pathway, the presence of multiple mutations in single gene, the co-occurrence of RAS and PIK3CA mutations, the prognostic value of tumor side and possible associations of sex with specific mutations.