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p53 status: an indicator for the effect of preoperative radiotherapy of rectal cancer.
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - 1 May 1999
Adell G, Sun X F, Stål O, Klintenberg C, Sjödahl R, Nordenskjöld B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Rectal carcinoma is a common malignancy, with a history of high local recurrence rates following surgery. In recent years. preoperative radiotherapy and refined surgical technique have improved local control rates. AIM: To investigate the relationship between expression of nuclear p53 protein and the outcome in rectal carcinoma, with and without short-term preoperative radiotherapy. MATERIAL:...
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