A team of researchers from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) has studied alterations in the KRAS gene in colorectal cancer by combining genomic ...
Bottom line: Colorectal cancer and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma that harbored the KRAS G12C mutation often carried other genetic alterations that can be associated with resistance to KRAS G12C ...
KRAS mutations are among the most common genetic alterations in cancer and are considered particularly difficult to treat. In colon cancer, the second most common cause of cancer death, such mutations ...
Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a mutation in a common oncogene — a gene that can cause cancer — that may play an important role in colon cancer. Researchers also showed how this ...
July 6, 2012 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the therascreen® KRAS RGQ PCR Kit to be sold as a companion diagnostic test for cetuximab (Erbitux). In addition, the FDA has ...
A novel combination therapy offers better outcomes for patients with KRAS G12C metastatic colorectal cancer that have stopped responding to chemotherapy, according to a Phase 3 clinical trial by ...
Dr. Nataliya Uboha explained the benefit of treatment with Krazati combined with Erbitux in KRAS G12C–mutant metastatic colorectal cancer. Among patients with heavily pretreated patients with KRAS ...
The deadliest cancers just met their match. A revolutionary cancer vaccine prevents the devastating relapses that have made KRAS-mutated tumors nearly impossible to cure, offering genuine hope to ...
Colorectal surgeon Dr. Julio Garcia-Aguilar says there are a growing number of ways to treat colon and rectal cancer including advances in targeted therapy, surgery, and immunotherapy that can also ...
The RAMP 203 trial in advanced KRAS G12C–mutated non-small cell lung cancer has been discontinued due to increased ...
Research shows that gastrointestinal cancers — including stomach, liver, esophageal, pancreatic, and colorectal cancers — account for about 26% of all cancers worldwide and 35% of all cancer-related ...
The emergence of next-generation KRAS G12C inhibitors has led Verastem Oncology to change course. | The emergence of ...