Tumor-infiltrating mast cells predict prognosis and gemcitabine-based adjuvant chemotherapeutic benefit in biliary tract cancer patients

Tumor-infiltrating mast cells predict prognosis and gemcitabine-based adjuvant chemotherapeutic benefit in biliary tract cancer patients

Abstract Background Recent studies have reported TIMs play an important role in tumors progression or regression, but the effect of TIMs in biliary tract cancer remains unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate the prognostic value of tumor infiltrating mast cells (TIMs) and its influence on...

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Main Authors: Xiaobo Bo, Jie Wang, Tao Suo, Xiaoling Ni, Han Liu, Sheng Shen, Min Li, Yueqi Wang, Houbao Liu, Jiejie Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Mast cells
Biliary tract cancer
Surgery
Overall survival
Adjuvant chemotherapy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4220-1

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