Prevalencia y características de mutaciones somáticas del gen KRAS en pacientes chilenos con cáncer colorrectal / KRAS gene somatic mutations in Chilean patients with colorectal cancer
Rev. méd. Chile
; 142(11): 1407-1414, nov. 2014. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
Background:
The molecular testing of KRAS mutation status in metastatic colorectal cancer patients is mandatory to identify patients eligible for anti-epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody therapy.Aim:
To report the frequency of KRAS gene mutations in Chilean patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). Material andMethods:
A cohort of 262 Chilean patients with CRC aged 26 to 90 years (53% males), was studied. KRAS mutation status was analyzed by real-time polymerase chain reaction and correlated with clinicopathological data.Results:
Ninety-eight patients (37%) were positive for KRAS mutations. G12D was the most common mutation with a frequency of 36.7%, followed by G12V (25.5%), G13D (17.3%), G12A (7.1%), G12C (6.1%), G12S (5.1%) and G12R (2%). The frequency of the mutation in left, right colon and rectal tumors was 37.8, 32.6 and 44.9%, respectively. Among tumors with mutations, 86.7% were well or moderately differentiated tumors and the rest were poorly differentiated. No significant associations between KRAS gene mutations and other clinicopathological features of the tumor were observed.Conclusions:
The frequencies of KRAS mutations reported in this study are similar to frequencies reported for European and North-American populations, lower than in a Spanish study and higher than in a Peruvian study.Key words
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LILACS
Main subject:
Colorectal Neoplasms
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins
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Ras Proteins
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Mutation
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Chile
Language:
Es
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
Year:
2014
Type:
Article