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Serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 and prognosis of patients with gastric cancer.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Feb 2014
Xiao Jiuchang, He Xiaoyan, Wang Zengyan, Hu Jiying, Sun Fang, Qi Feng, Yang Shugang, Xiao Zhenyu
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Previous studies have assessed the prognostic role of serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) concentration in patients with gastric cancer, but the findings from those studies were inconsistent. We searched the PubMed and Web of Science databases to find eligible studies assessing the prognostic role of CA 19-9 in patients with gastric cancer. Twelve studies with a total of 5,072 gastric cancer patients were...
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