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Aberrant P53 expression lacks prognostic or predictive significance in colorectal cancer: results from the VICTOR trial.
Anticancer research - 1 Mar 2015
McGregor Megan J, Fadhil Wakkas, Wharton Rose, Yanagisawa Yoko, Presz Michael, Pritchard Alison, Womack Chris, Dutton Susan, Kerr Rachel S, Kerr David J, Johnstone Elaine C, Ilyas Mohammad
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AIM: Biomarkers with prognostic and predictive value can help stratify patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) into appropriate treatment groups. We sought to evaluate the clinical utility of P53 protein expression as a biomarker in VICTOR, a large phase III trial of rofecoxib in stage II and III CRC. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Tissue micro arrays were constructed from 884 tumors and the expression of P53 was examined...
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