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Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers in Colorectal Cancer: Implications for the Clinical Surgeon.
Annals of surgical oncology - 1 Oct 2015
Erstad Derek J, Tumusiime Gerald, Cusack James C
Abstract excerpt
Colorectal cancer is a heterogeneous disease with a wide range of long-term outcomes and responses to treatment. Recent advances in the genetic and molecular characterization of tumors has yielded a set of prognostic and predictive biomarkers that aid the identification of patients at higher risk for disease recurrence and progression, and in some cases indicate the likelihood of response to a specific treatment....
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