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Is molecular oncology a good test to do to determine treatment for metastic colon cancer ?

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Dr. Hernani Cualing answered

Specializes in Pathology

Kras braf tests are: Molecular testing of colon mets tissue for gene mutations of those two loci predict patients who will or will not respond to precision anti tumor (epidermal growth factor receptor protein) antibodies. These were FDA okd and clinically proven in hundreds of tested and treated patients to be beneficial in survival. Oncologists versed with and pathologists who process these tumor tissues shld help U.

Answered 2/22/2015

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