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ReviewMolecular biomedicine2021

Untangling the KRAS mutated lung cancer subsets and its therapeutic implications.

Kulshrestha Ritu, Pawan Kumar, Amit Singh, K Nupur, Sonam Spalgias, Parul Mrigpuri, Rajkumar

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Review in Molecular biomedicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. KRASFrontiers in oncology · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Systematic and precise interventions for KRAS-mutant cancers.Experimental hematology & oncology · 2026
    Review
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  4. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kulshrestha RituDepartment of Pathology, V.P.Chest Institute, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 110007, India. ritukumar71@yahoo.com.
Pawan KumarDepartment of Pathology, V.P.Chest Institute, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 110007, India.
Amit SinghDepartment of Pathology, V.P.Chest Institute, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 110007, India.
K NupurDepartment of Pathology, V.P.Chest Institute, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 110007, India.
Sonam SpalgiasDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, V.P.Chest Institute, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
Parul MrigpuriDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, V.P.Chest Institute, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
RajkumarDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, V.P.Chest Institute, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
University of Delhi · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Kirsten rat sarcoma virus transforming protein (KRAS) mutations (predominate in codons 12, 13, and 61) and genomically drive nearly one-third of lung carcinomas. These mutations have complex functions in tumorigenesis, and influence the tumor response to chemotherapy and tyrosine kinase inhibitors resulting in a poorer patient prognosis. Recent attempts using targeted therapies against KRAS alone have met with little success. The existence of specific subsets of lung cancer based on KRAS mutations and coexisting mutations are suggested. Their interactions need further elaboration before newer promising targeted therapies for KRAS mutant lung cancers can be used as earlier lines of therapy. We summarize the existing knowledge of KRAS mutations and their coexisting mutations that is relevant to lung cancer treatment, in this review. We elaborate on the prognostic impact of clinical and pathologic characteristics of lung cancer patients associated with KRAS mutations. We briefly review the currently available techniques for KRAS mutation detection on biopsy and cytology samples. Finally, we discuss the new therapeutic strategies for targeting KRAS-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). These may herald a new era in the treatment of KRAS

Indexed as

KRAS mutationKRAS- signaling pathwayKRAS targeted therapiesLung cancer

Identifiers

PMID34918209
PMCPMC8677854
OpenAlexW4200625515

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