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Comparison of KRAS/BRAF mutations between primary tumors and serum in colorectal cancer: Biological and clinical implications

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    • Xingxiang Pu
    • Zhizhong Pan
    • Ying Huang
    • Ying Tian
    • Hongqiang Guo
    • Lin Wu
    • Xuexing He
    • Xinggui Chen
    • Shaodan Zhang
    • Tongyu Lin
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    Affiliations: Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, P.R. China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, P.R. China, Department of Medical Oncology, Hu Nan Provincal Tumor Hospital, Changsha, 410013, P.R. China
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In colorectal cancer (CRC), KRAS and BRAF mutations in primary tumors are associated with resistance to anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (anti‑EGFR)-based therapies. However, the correlation between KRAS/BRAF mutation in primary tumors and serum has not been well studied. To evaluate the degree of concordance of KRAS/BRAF mutations between the primary tumors and the matched serum samples in CRC, serum and tumor tissues were collected from 115 patients with CRC and KRAS/BRAF mutations were examined by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and direct sequencing. BRAF mutations were present in 3.5% (4/115) of the primary tumor tissue samples and 0.87% (1/115) of the serum samples. In the 4 primary tumors with BRAF mutations, identical mutations were not observed in the corresponding serum samples (κ=-0.016). KRAS mutations were observed in 32.2% (37/115) of the primary tumors and 11.3% (13/115) of the serum samples. Of the 37 tumor cases with KRAS mutations, 9 had identical mutations in the corresponding serum sample, with a concordance rate of 24.3% (9/37). Discordance was observed in 32 (27.8%) patients. The concordance between KRAS mutations in the primary tumors and KRAS mutations in the matched serums was low (κ=0.231). The results of the present study suggest that the possibility of differences in the mutational status of KRAS/BRAF between primary tumors and matched serum samples should be considered when patients are selected for anti-EGFR-based therapies.
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Pu X, Pan Z, Huang Y, Tian Y, Guo H, Wu L, He X, Chen X, Zhang S, Lin T, Lin T, et al: Comparison of KRAS/BRAF mutations between primary tumors and serum in colorectal cancer: Biological and clinical implications. Oncol Lett 5: 249-254, 2013.
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Pu, X., Pan, Z., Huang, Y., Tian, Y., Guo, H., Wu, L. ... Lin, T. (2013). Comparison of KRAS/BRAF mutations between primary tumors and serum in colorectal cancer: Biological and clinical implications. Oncology Letters, 5, 249-254. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2012.963
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Pu, X., Pan, Z., Huang, Y., Tian, Y., Guo, H., Wu, L., He, X., Chen, X., Zhang, S., Lin, T."Comparison of KRAS/BRAF mutations between primary tumors and serum in colorectal cancer: Biological and clinical implications". Oncology Letters 5.1 (2013): 249-254.
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Pu, X., Pan, Z., Huang, Y., Tian, Y., Guo, H., Wu, L., He, X., Chen, X., Zhang, S., Lin, T."Comparison of KRAS/BRAF mutations between primary tumors and serum in colorectal cancer: Biological and clinical implications". Oncology Letters 5, no. 1 (2013): 249-254. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2012.963
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Pu X, Pan Z, Huang Y, Tian Y, Guo H, Wu L, He X, Chen X, Zhang S, Lin T, Lin T, et al: Comparison of KRAS/BRAF mutations between primary tumors and serum in colorectal cancer: Biological and clinical implications. Oncol Lett 5: 249-254, 2013.
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Pu, X., Pan, Z., Huang, Y., Tian, Y., Guo, H., Wu, L. ... Lin, T. (2013). Comparison of KRAS/BRAF mutations between primary tumors and serum in colorectal cancer: Biological and clinical implications. Oncology Letters, 5, 249-254. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2012.963
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Pu, X., Pan, Z., Huang, Y., Tian, Y., Guo, H., Wu, L., He, X., Chen, X., Zhang, S., Lin, T."Comparison of KRAS/BRAF mutations between primary tumors and serum in colorectal cancer: Biological and clinical implications". Oncology Letters 5.1 (2013): 249-254.
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Pu, X., Pan, Z., Huang, Y., Tian, Y., Guo, H., Wu, L., He, X., Chen, X., Zhang, S., Lin, T."Comparison of KRAS/BRAF mutations between primary tumors and serum in colorectal cancer: Biological and clinical implications". Oncology Letters 5, no. 1 (2013): 249-254. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2012.963
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