M Verdu^1,3, R Roman¹, M Calvo⁴, N Rodon¹, B Garcia¹, M Gonzalez¹ and X Puig^1,2,3.

¹BIOPAT.Biopatologia Molecular, SL, Grup Assistència, Barcelona, Spain; ²Hospital de Barcelona, SCIAS, Grup Assistència, Barcelona, Spain; ³Histopat Laboratoris, Barcelona, Spain and ⁴Statistics Department, Universitat Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Background: Micropapillary carcinoma (MC) is accepted as an aggressive variant of colorectal adenocarcinoma, described for the first time in the breast and later in other organs. At present, there are a limited number of colorectal MC series reported, not enough to define […]

Natalia Rodón¹, Ruth Román¹, Montse Verdú^1,3, Miquel Calvo⁴, Beatriz García-Peláez¹, Marta González¹, Carme Pubill³ y Xavier Puig^1,2,3.

¹BIOPAT. Biopatologia Molecular, SL, Grup Assistència; ²Hospital de Barcelona-SCIAS, Grup Assistència; ³Histopat Laboratoris; ⁴Departament d’Estadística, Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona

Background:

KRAS mutations, present in approximately 30-50% of colorectal carcinomas (CRC) has been recently associated with lack of response to anti-EGFR therapy, poor prognosis and high mitotic activity. Nevertheless, its relation to other histopathological and molecular parameters has not been well established.

Our first approach was to determine […]