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Estrogen receptor classification for hepatocellular carcinoma: comparison with clinical staging systems.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Feb 2003
Villa Erica, Colantoni Alessandra, Cammà Calogero, Grottola Antonella, Buttafoco Paola, Gelmini Roberta, Ferretti Ilva, Manenti Federico
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PURPOSE: Several scoring systems to evaluate patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) exist. A good scoring system should provide information on prognosis and guide therapeutic decisions. The presence of variant liver estrogen receptor (ER) transcripts in the tumor has been shown to be the st...
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