• Atypical (non-V600E) BRAF mutations in metastatic colorectal cancer in population and real-world cohorts 

      Osterlund, Emerik; Ristimäki, Ari; Mäkinen, Markus J.; Kytölä, Soili; Kononen, Juha; Pfeiffer, Per; Soveri, Leena-Maija; Keinänen, Mauri; Sorbye, Halfdan; Nunes, Luís; Salminen, Tapio; Nieminen, Lasse; Uutela, Aki; Halonen, Päivi; Ålgars, Annika; Sundström, Jari; Kallio, Raija; Ristamäki, Raija; Lamminmäki, Annamarja; Stedt, Hanna; Heervä, Eetu; Kuopio, Teijo; Sjöblom, Tobias; Isoniemi, Helena; Glimelius, Bengt; Osterlund, Pia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      BRAF-V600E mutation (mt) is a strong negative prognostic and predictive biomarker in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Non-V600Emt, designated atypical BRAFmt (aBRAFmt) are rare, and little is known about their frequency, ...
    • KRAS-G12C mutation in one real-life and three population-based Nordic cohorts of metastatic colorectal cancer 

      Osterlund, Emerik; Ristimäki, Ari; Kytölä, Soili; Kuopio, Teijo; Heervä, Eetu; Muhonen, Timo; Halonen, Päivi; Kallio, Raija; Soveri, Leena-Maija; Sundström, Jari; Keinänen, Mauri; Ålgars, Annika; Ristamäki, Raija; Sorbye, Halfdan; Pfeiffer, Per; Nunes, Luís; Salminen, Tapio; Lamminmäki, Annamarja; Mäkinen, Markus J.; Sjöblom, Tobias; Isoniemi, Helena; Glimelius, Bengt; Osterlund, Pia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-16)
      Background: KRAS mutations, present in over 40% of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), are negative predictive factors for anti-EGFR therapy. Mutations in KRAS-G12C have a cysteine residue for which drugs have been ...