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Abstract
Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths. Microsatellite instability (MSI) or deficient mismatch repair proteins with a high tumor mutation burden (TMB) colon cancer are less responsive to chemotherapy. Targeted therapies based on early next-generation sequencing (NGS) in metastatic colon cancer can help significantly in overall prognosis. Here, we report a case of colon cancer that illustrated significant TMB and MSI and responded poorly to treatment due to delay in NGS testing.Entities:
Keywords: brca gene mutation - predominantly brca2; colon cancer; keynote 177; metastatic colorectal cancer; microsatellite instability (msi); msi high; next-generation sequencing (ngs); olympia trial; polo trial; tumor mutation burden
Year: 2022 PMID: 35399448 PMCID: PMC8983027 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.22894
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cureus ISSN: 2168-8184