The treatment of colorectal carcinoma with monoclonal antibodies: the importance of KRAS mutation analysis and EGFR status.

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Published in Dtsch Arztebl Int on March 20, 2009

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Sebastian Stintzing1, Volker Heinemann, Nicolas Moosmann, Wolfgang Hiddemann, Andreas Jung, Thomas Kirchner

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1: Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III, Klinikum der LMU München, München, Germany.

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