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ORIGINAL ARTICLECellular and Molecular Biology

ACB-PCR Quantification of K-RAS Codon 12 GAT and GTT Mutant Fraction in Colon Tumor and Non-Tumor Tissue

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Pages 364-375 | Published online: 22 Apr 2010
 

ABSTRACT

K-RAS mutation is being developed as a cancer biomarker and tumor K-RAS is being used to predict therapeutic response. Yet, levels of K-RAS mutation in normal and pathological tissue samples have not been determined rigorously, nor inter-individual variation in these levels characterized. Therefore, K-RAS codon 12 GAT and GTT mutant fractions were measured in colonic mucosa of individuals without colon cancer, tumor-distal mucosa, tumor-proximal mucosa, normal tumor-adjacent tissues, colonic adenomas, and carcinomas. The results indicate K-RAS codon 12 GAT mutation is present at measurable levels in normal appearing mucosa. All tumors carried K-RAS mutation, in most cases as a mutant subpopulation.