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ERCC1 genotype and phenotype in epithelial ovarian cancer identify patients likely to benefit from paclitaxel treatment in addition to platinum-based therapy.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 20 Nov 2007
Smith Stephanie, Su Dan, Rigault de la Longrais Irene A, Schwartz Peter, Puopolo Manuela, Rutherford Thomas J, Mor Gil, Yu Herbert, Katsaros Dionyssios
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PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of excision repair cross-complementation group 1 (ERCC1) on treatment response and survival of patients treated with platinum chemotherapy with or without paclitaxel. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Tumor samples from epithelial ovarian cancer patients were evaluated for ERCC1 mRNA expression and a single nucleotide polymorphism at codon 118 (C>T). Of 178 patients treated with...
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