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Vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphisms associated with prognosis for patients with gastric cancer.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Jun 2007
Kim J G, Sohn S K, Chae Y S, Cho Y Y, Bae H-I, Yan G, Park J Y, Lee M-H, Chung H Y, Yu W
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BACKGROUND: The present study analyzed vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene polymorphisms and their impact on the prognosis for patients with gastric cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Five hundred and three consecutive patients with surgically resected gastric adenocarcinoma were enrolled in the present study. The genomic DNA was extracted from paraffin-embedded tissue and four VEGF (-460T > C, -116G > A,...
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