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The prognostic value of c-Kit, K-ras codon 12, and p53 codon 72 mutations in Egyptian patients with stage II colorectal cancer.
Cancer - 1 Nov 2010
El-Serafi Mostafa M, Bahnassy Abeer A, Ali Nasr M, Eid Salem M, Kamel Mahmoud M, Abdel-Hamid Nayera A, Zekri Abdel-Rahman N
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BACKGROUND: The prognosis for patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) depends mainly on standard clinicopathologic factors. However, patients with similar disease characteristics exhibit various outcomes, especially in stage II. Therefore, the identification of molecular prognostic markers is needed to predict patient outcomes. METHODS: The authors assessed the prognostic value of c-Kit (also called cluster of...
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