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Insulin-like growth factor axis gene polymorphisms and clinical outcomes in pancreatic cancer.
Gastroenterology - 1 Aug 2010
Dong Xiaoqun, Javle Milind, Hess Kenneth R, Shroff Rachna, Abbruzzese James L, Li Donghui
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-axis mediated signaling pathways play an important role in pancreatic cancer development and progression. We examined whether IGF-axis gene variants are associated with clinical outcomes in pancreatic cancer. METHODS: We retrospectively genotyped 41 single-nucleotide polymorphisms from 10 IGF-axis genes in 333 patients with localized pancreatic adenocarcinoma...
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