Article
Molecular alterations associated with improved survival in pancreatic cancer patients treated with radiation or chemotherapy.
Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery - 1 Jan 1998
Dergham S T, Dugan M C, Sarkar F H, Vaitkevicius V K
Abstract excerpt
Multiple genetic alterations, several of which may be important prognostic markers, characterize the development of cancer in pancreas. We review our findings from previously published studies with regard to molecular alterations associated with survival differences in patients treated with conve...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Case-Control Studies
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21
- Cyclins
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Mutation
- Pancreatic Neoplasms
- Retrospective Studies
- Survival Analysis
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53