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Title:

Prediction of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in carcinomas of the upper gastrointestinal tract.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Höfler, H; Langer, R; Ott, K; Keller, G
Abstract:
Multimodal treatment protocols are increasingly employed to improve the survival of patients with locally advanced adenocarcinomas of the upper gastrointestinal tract, however, only 30-40% per year of the patients respond to 5-FU and cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The goal of our studies is the identification of reliable genetic markers, on the genomic DNA-level, mRNA, or protein level that could predict response of upper gastrointestinal carcinomas prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy....     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Adv Exp Med Biol
Year:
2006
Journal volume:
587
Pages contribution:
115-20
Language:
eng
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17163161
Print-ISSN:
0065-2598
TUM Institution:
Institut für Allgemeine Pathologie und Pathologische Anatomie
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