Can K-ras Gene Mutation Be Utilized as Prognostic Biomarker for Colorectal Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy? A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review

• Main Authors: Rui Y.-Y., Zhang D., Zhou Z.-G., Wang C., Yang L., Yu Y.-Y., Chen H.-N.
• Other Authors: ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
• Format: Article
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: antineoplastic agent; fluorouracil; folinic acid; irinotecan; levamisole; oxaliplatin; adjuvant therapy; article; cancer prognosis; cancer staging; case control study; cohort analysis; colorectal cancer; denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; disease free survival; gene mutation; human; long term survival; meta analysis; oncogene K ras; overall survival; polymerase chain reaction; pyrosequencing; quality control; restriction fragment length polymorphism; sample size; single strand conformation polymorphism; systematic review; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Case-Control Studies; Colorectal Neoplasms; Humans; Mutation; Prognosis; Proto-Oncogene Proteins; ras Proteins; Survival Rate; Tumor Markers, Biological
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/161460
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1371/journal.pone.0077901