STRAP Is a Strong Predictive Marker of Adjuvant Chemotherapy Benefit in Colorectal Cancer

BACKGROUND: Molecular predictors for the effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy in colorectal cancer are of considerable clinical interest. To this aim, we analyzed the serine threonine receptor-associated protein (STRAP), an inhibitor of TGF-βsignaling, with regard to prognosis and prediction of a...

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Main Authors: Martin Buess, Luigi Terracciano, Jurgen Reuter, Pierluigi Ballabeni, Jean-Louis Boulay, Urban Laffer, Urs Metzger, Richard Herrmann, Christoph Rochlitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2004-11-01
Series:Neoplasia: An International Journal for Oncology Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1476558604800149