Article
Relationship between chromosome 18q status and colorectal cancer prognosis: a prospective, blinded analysis of 280 patients.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Popat Sanjay, Zhao Dongbing, Chen Zhengming, Pan Hongchao, Shao Yongfu, Chandler Ian, Houlston Richard S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The relationship between chromosome 18q allelic imbalance (AI) and survival in colorectal cancer (CRC) is unclear, and study design may have contributed to inconsistent results previously reported. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Two hundred and eighty tumours from CRC patients participating in a molecular sub-study from a single multicentre trial of adjuvant intra-portal 5-fluorouracil were genotyped at 5...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Allelic Imbalance
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18
- Colorectal Neoplasms
- Double-Blind Method
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Middle Aged
- Prognosis
- Prospective Studies
