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Colorectal Cancer: An Update From the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
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Title Colorectal Cancer: An Update From the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/574090?src=rss
Description This summary from ASCO GI 2008 includes exciting new data on the relationship between KRAS mutation status and response to biologic therapies in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
Category Articles > Gastroenterology
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Date May 18, 2008
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