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P53 alteration and microsatellite instability have predictive value for survival benefit from chemotherapy in stage III colorectal carcinoma.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 May 2001
Elsaleh H, Powell B, McCaul K, Grieu F, Grant R, Joseph D, Iacopetta B
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PURPOSE: We recently presented evidence for tumor site and gender-specificity in the survival benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy in Stage III colorectal cancer (CRC). In the current study, we examined whether p53 alteration or the microsatellite instability (MSI) phenotype provide additional predictive information in CRC patients. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: A retrospective series of 891 Stage III CRC patients with...
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