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Rare Though Not Mutually Exclusive: A Report of Three Cases of Concomitant KRAS and BRAF Mutation and a Review of the Literature

Ibrahim Halil Sahin, Syed M.A. Kazmi, Jeffrey T. Yorio, Nishin A. Bhadkamkar, Bryan K. Kee, Christopher R. Garrett

Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 426, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas, 77030-4009.

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Sahin IH, Kazmi SMA, Yorio JT, Bhadkamkar NA, Kee BK, Garrett CR. Rare Though Not Mutually Exclusive: A Report of Three Cases of Concomitant KRAS and BRAF Mutation and a Review of the Literature. J Cancer 2013; 4(4):320-322. doi:10.7150/jca.3619. https://www.jcancer.org/v04p0320.htm
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Abstract

KRAS mutations occur frequently in colorectal cancers (CRC) and predict lack of response to anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibody therapy. CRC BRAF mutations, most commonly at V600E, occur less than 10% of the time, and occur usually in KRAS wild-type tumors, and more frequently in microsatellite instable tumors. Concomitant KRAS and BRAF mutant CRCs are rare (occurring in 0.001%); BRAF mutations should not be routinely tested in patients with KRAS mutant tumors, unless the patients is participating in a clinical trial enriching for the presence of a KRAS or BRAF tumor. Clinical trials treating patients with either KRAS or BRAF mutant tumors should address eligibility of patients with concomitant KRAS and BRAF mutations.

Keywords: Concomitant KRAS, BRAF


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Sahin, I.H., Kazmi, S.M.A., Yorio, J.T., Bhadkamkar, N.A., Kee, B.K., Garrett, C.R. (2013). Rare Though Not Mutually Exclusive: A Report of Three Cases of Concomitant KRAS and BRAF Mutation and a Review of the Literature. Journal of Cancer, 4(4), 320-322. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.3619.

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Sahin, I.H.; Kazmi, S.M.A.; Yorio, J.T.; Bhadkamkar, N.A.; Kee, B.K.; Garrett, C.R. Rare Though Not Mutually Exclusive: A Report of Three Cases of Concomitant KRAS and BRAF Mutation and a Review of the Literature. J. Cancer 2013, 4 (4), 320-322. DOI: 10.7150/jca.3619.

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Sahin IH, Kazmi SMA, Yorio JT, Bhadkamkar NA, Kee BK, Garrett CR. Rare Though Not Mutually Exclusive: A Report of Three Cases of Concomitant KRAS and BRAF Mutation and a Review of the Literature. J Cancer 2013; 4(4):320-322. doi:10.7150/jca.3619. https://www.jcancer.org/v04p0320.htm

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Sahin IH, Kazmi SMA, Yorio JT, Bhadkamkar NA, Kee BK, Garrett CR. 2013. Rare Though Not Mutually Exclusive: A Report of Three Cases of Concomitant KRAS and BRAF Mutation and a Review of the Literature. J Cancer. 4(4):320-322.

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