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The value of MMP-9 for breast and non-small cell lung cancer patients' survival.
Advances in medical sciences - 1 Jan 2013
Schveigert D, Cicenas S, Bruzas S, Samalavicius N E, Gudleviciene Z, Didziapetriene J
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PURPOSE: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are implicated in cancer cells invasion and metastasis processes and have been investigated as potential cancer biomarkers. In this study MMP-9 gene expression and MMP-9 -1562 C/T polymorphism in breast and non-small cell lung cancer patients' blood and tumor samples and its correlation with clinicopathological parameters were investigated. MATERIAL/METHODS: MMP-9 gene...
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