title: KRAS and BRAF mutation analysis from liquid-based cytology brushings of colorectal carcinoma in comparison with formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue.
abstract: Real-time PCR-based molecular diagnostic techniques were used for the comparative identification of the most common KRAS and BRAF mutations from methanol liquid-based cytology samples and matched, formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue samples. Methanol-based fixation and preservation of brushing samples of colorectal carcinomas could contribute to sample collection, short-term storage and subsequent molecular analysis, by improving workflow and enhancing the identification of putative mutations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cytopathology, University General Hospital Attikon, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Rimini 1, 12462, Chaidari, Greece.
authors.forename: Aris
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spathis
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Georgoulakis
authors.forename: Periklis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Foukas
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kefala
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Leventakos
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Machairas
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Panayiotides
authors.forename: Petros
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Karakitsos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D016612:Paraffin Embedding; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D048493:Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf / Q000235:genetics*; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras); D016707:Tissue Fixation; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C117307:KRAS protein, human; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C482119:BRAF protein, human; D048493:Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras); D018631:ras Proteins