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The association of K-ras gene mutation and vascular endothelial growth factor gene expression in pancreatic carcinoma.
Cancer - 1 Aug 2001
Ikeda N, Nakajima Y, Sho M, Adachi M, Huang C L, Iki K, Kanehiro H, Hisanaga M, Nakano H, Miyake M
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BACKGROUND: Previously, the authors reported the role of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) as an angiogenic factor in 40 patients with pancreatic carcinoma. In this study, they investigated the mechanism underlying the regulation of VEGF gene expression and evaluated VEGF expression and K-ras gene status in 48 patients with pancreatic carcinoma. METHODS: The authors used quantitative reverse...
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