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Epidermal growth factor receptor expression in gastric tumors and its relationship with the germline polymorphisms - 216 G>T, -191 C>A, (CA) n IVS1, and R521K.
Indian journal of cancer - 1 Jan 2000
Torres-Jasso J H, Bustos-Carpinteyro A R, Garcia-Gonzalez J R, Peregrina-Sandoval J, Cruz-Ramos J A, Santiago-Luna E, Sanchez-Lopez J Y
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BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer (GC) is the third worldwide leading cause of cancer-related death affecting both sexes. The aberrant expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene has been detected in many human epithelial malignancies and linked to advanced disease, more aggressive phenotype, and poor prognosis. AIMS: To analyze the relation that the expression of EGFR in gastric tumors holds with...
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