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Observational studyMedicine2020

Prognostic and predictive value of KRAS mutation number in metastatic colorectal cancer.

Gokhan Ucar, Yakup Ergun, Selin Aktürk Esen, Yusuf Acikgoz, Merve Dirikoc, İrfan Esen, Öznur Bal, Doğan Uncu

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Observational study in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Impact of KRAS mutation on the tumor microenvironment in colorectal cancer.International journal of biological sciences · 2024
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  9. Prognostic Value ofCancers · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gokhan UcarDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara.ORCID 0000-0002-7649-1075
Yakup ErgunDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara.
Selin Aktürk EsenDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara.
Yusuf AcikgozDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara.
Merve DirikocDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara.
İrfan EsenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yenimahalle Training and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Öznur BalDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara.
Doğan UncuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara.
Memorial Ankara Hospital · TRYenişehir Hospital · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in the world and is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Several mutations are involved in the development of CRC. The prognostic significance of the KRAS mutation has been discussed in many studies. We aimed to investigate the prognostic significance of the number of KRAS mutations in metastatic CRC (mCRC).Patients with mutations in the KRAS gene were included in the study. They were divided into 2 groups as single mutation and multiple mutations in the KRAS gene.For the study, 425 CRC patients were screened. KRAS mutation was positive in 191 patients (45%). One hundred ninety-one patients were included in the study, 171 patients (90%) had single mutations and 20 patients (10%) had multiple mutations. Median progression-free survival was 12.8 months in patients with multiple mutations, while it was 8.8 months in patients with single mutations (P: .05). The median overall survival of patients with multiple mutations was 40.7 months, while it was 22.7 months for patients with single mutations (P = .01)We found that the presence of multiple mutations in KRAS mutant patients was associated with better overall survival and progression-free survival than a single mutation.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overColorectal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Retrospective StudiesTurkeyYoung AdultKRAS protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)

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PMID32991469
PMCPMC7523797
OpenAlexW3088968142

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