Egfr and kras mutations

C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 12 – Q

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C12Q 1/68 (2006.01)

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CA 2612183

The present invention relates to mutations in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) and KRAS and methods of detecting such mutations as well as prognostic methods method for identifying a tumors that are susceptible to anticancer therapy such as chemotherapy and/or kinase inhibitor treatment. The methods involve determining the presence of a mutated EGFR gene or mutated EGFR protein and/or mutated KRAS gene or protein in a tumor sample.

La présente invention concerne des mutations intervenues dans le récepteur du facteur de croissance épidermique (R-EGF) et dans KRAS ainsi que des méthodes de détection de ces mutations et des méthodes d'identification de tumeurs qui sont sensibles à la thérapie anticancéreuse telle que la chimiothérapie et/ou le traitement avec un inhibiteur des kinases. Les méthodes impliquent de déterminer la présence d'un gène R-EGF muté ou d'une protéine R-EGF mutée et/ou d'un gène ou d'une protéine KRAS muté dans un prélèvement de la tumeur.

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