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Cancers of the papilla of vater: mutator phenotype is associated with good prognosis.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Oct 1997
Achille A, Biasi M O, Zamboni G, Bogina G, Iacono C, Talamini G, Capella G, Scarpa A
Abstract excerpt
Cancer of the papilla (ampulla) of Vater is an uncommon disease that kills 60% of affected patients. There is general agreement that local spread of the tumor (T stage) is the only significant and independent prognostic factor for this cancer, whereas the predictive value of tumor grade and lymph node metastases is controversial. The genetic anomalies involved in this process have the potential to serve as...
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