Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
EGFR
Associated Variants
EGFR MUTATION
EGFR MUTATION
Associated Disease
colon carcinoma
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Treatment of metastatic colon carcinoma with the anti-epidermal growth factor receptor antibody cetuximab/panitumumab is reported to be ineffective in KRAS-mutant tumors; therefore, it is necessary to perform KRAS mutation analysis before cetuximab or panitumumab treatment is initiated.
Pubmed
25975014
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
BACKGROUND
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
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.0252440941034682
Drugs