Defective mismatch repair in colon cancer: a prognostic or predictive biomarker?

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David J Kerr et al. J Clin Oncol. 2010.

. 2010 Jul 10;28(20):3210-2.

doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.28.9322. Epub 2010 May 24.

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Microsatellite instability and adjuvant fluorouracil chemotherapy: a mismatch?
Ng K, Schrag D. Ng K, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Jul 10;28(20):3207-10. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.28.9314. Epub 2010 May 24. J Clin Oncol. 2010. PMID: 20498398 No abstract available.

Defective mismatch repair as a predictive marker for lack of efficacy of fluorouracil-based adjuvant therapy in colon cancer.
Sargent DJ, Marsoni S, Monges G, Thibodeau SN, Labianca R, Hamilton SR, French AJ, Kabat B, Foster NR, Torri V, Ribic C, Grothey A, Moore M, Zaniboni A, Seitz JF, Sinicrope F, Gallinger S. Sargent DJ, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Jul 10;28(20):3219-26. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.27.1825. Epub 2010 May 24. J Clin Oncol. 2010. PMID: 20498393 Free PMC article.