title: Testing for RAS mutations in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Heinz-Josef
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lenz
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D003106:Colon / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000235:genetics; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D058990:Molecular Targeted Therapy; D009154:Mutation; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D012007:Rectum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C512478:EGFR protein, human; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; C579846:NRAS protein, human; D018631:ras Proteins