作者: Fotios Loupakis , Luca Pollina , Irene Stasi , Annamaria Ruzzo , Mario Scartozzi
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摘要: Purpose PTEN, AKT, and KRAS are epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) downstream regulators. mutations confer resistance to cetuximab. This retrospective study investigated the role of PTEN loss, AKT phosphorylation, on activity cetuximab plus irinotecan in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Patients Methods A cohort irinotecan-refractory mCRC who were treated was tested for immunoreactivity (ie, immunohistochemistry; IHC), pAKT IHC, mutations. Analyses performed both primary tumors related metastases, association among mutational results, treatment outcomes investigated. Results One-hundred two eligible. Ninety-six tumors, 59 53 paired samples available. Forty-nine (58% assessable samples) had a preserved expression (PTEN-positive), whereas 35 (40% pAKT-positive. ...