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SNPs in the TGF-β signaling pathway are associated with increased risk of brain metastasis in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Li Qianxia, Wu Huanlei, Chen Bei, Hu Guangyuan, Huang Liu, Qin Kai, Chen Yu, Yuan Xianglin, Liao Zhongxing
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Brain metastasis (BM) from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is relatively common, but identifying which patients will develop brain metastasis has been problematic. We hypothesized that genotype variants in the TGF-β signaling pathway could be a predictive biomarker of brain metastasis...
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