Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
EGFR
Associated Variants
EGFR MUTATION
EGFR MUTATION
Associated Disease
Malignant neoplasm of stomach
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Cetuximab, an immunoglobulin G1 chimeric monoclonal antibody directed against the epidermal growth factor receptor, is currently considered to be the strategy with the most potential for the treatment of gastric cancer due to the low frequency of KRAS mutations in patients with gastric cancer.
Pubmed
25815786
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
ALL_TEXT_1/3
Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
1
Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
1
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree,GAD
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.0300977101925112
Drugs