Clinical significance of stromal ER and PR expression in periampullary adenocarcinoma

Clinical significance of stromal ER and PR expression in periampullary adenocarcinoma

Abstract Background Tamoxifen treatment has previously been reported to confer life-prolonging effects in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, and most evidently so in women. None of these trials did however include biomarkers, and the relevance of female hormone signaling in pancreatic or othe...

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Main Authors: Gustav Andersson, Sebastian Lundgren, Margareta Heby, Björn Nodin, Jacob Elebro, Karin Jirström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Biomarker Research
Subjects:
Periampullary adenocarcinoma
Pancreatic cancer
Estrogen receptor
Progesterone receptor
KRAS
Prognosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40364-019-0176-9

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