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Prognostic significance of thymidylate synthase polymorphisms in rectal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland - 1 Apr 2013
Arrazubi V, Suárez J, Guerrero D, Gómez M, Viúdez A, Arias F, Balén E, Vera R
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AIM: There is a lack of prognostic factors of preoperative chemoradiation for locally advanced rectal cancer. Thymidylate synthase (TS) is the most important target of 5-fluorouracil; three main genetic polymorphisms of TS have been described. We analysed the prognostic value of these in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer treated with fluoropyrimidine-based chemoradiation. METHOD: Ninety-nine patients...
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