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Association between vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphisms and survival in hepatocellular carcinoma patients.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Aug 2007
Kong Sun-Young, Park Joong-Won, Lee Jung An, Park Jung Eun, Park Kyung Woo, Hong Eun Kyung, Kim Chang-Min
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UNLABELLED: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays an important role in angiogenesis and progression of tumor, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and elevated VEGF levels in serum and tissues have been known to be related with poor prognosis in patients with HCC. However, the effect of such polymorphisms of the VEGF gene on HCC prognosis has not been elucidated. In the present study, we...
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