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Clinical significance of HLA class I alleles on postoperative prognosis of lung cancer patients in Japan.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jul 2009
Nagata Yoshika, Hanagiri Takeshi, Mizukami Makiko, Kuroda Koji, Shigematsu Yoshiki, Baba Tetsuro, Ichiki Yoshinobu, Yasuda Manabu, So Tomoko, Takenoyama Mitsuhiro, Sugio Kenji, Nagashima Akira, Yasumoto Kosei
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The role of the HLA phenotype in cancer prognosis has been frequently discussed. We previously reported the correlation between HLA alleles and the postoperative prognosis of 204 patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The present study was based on 695 patients with NSCLC to confirm these correlations. METHODS: We evaluated the medical records of 695 NSCLC patients who underwent surgical...
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