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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nilima Marshall

Gene test could guide use of chemotherapy in bowel cancer patients

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A gene test routinely used on the NHS can also shed light on whether a bowel cancer patient will respond – or be resistant – to chemotherapy, scientists have found.

Known as the KRAS test, it is currently being used to predict how patients will respond to the cancer drug cetuximab.

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