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Prevalence of the Rhesus-negative phenotype in Caucasian patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC).
International journal of cancer - 30 Sept 1992
Cerny T, Fey M F, Oppliger R, Castiglione M, Nachbur B, Gertsch M, Gasser A, Joss R A, Thatcher N, Lind M
Abstract excerpt
We report that the Rhesus (Rh)-negative phenotype is more prevalent in patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) than in the normal Caucasian population (SCLC: 25% Rh-negative vs. 15% expected, p less than 0.0001). This finding has been validated for a Central and a Northern European population (Switzerland and UK). In contrast, the Rh-negative phenotype is no more frequent in non-small-cell lung cancer...
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