Clinical difference between fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 subclass, type IIIb and type IIIc, in gastric cancer

Abstract Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) has two isoforms: IIIb type and IIIc type. Clinicopathologic significance of these two FGFR2 subtypes in gastric cancer remains to be known. This study aimed to clarify the clinicopathologic difference of FGFR2IIIb and/or FGFR2IIIc overexpression....

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Main Authors: Masakazu Yashiro, Kenji Kuroda, Go Masuda, Tomohisa Okuno, Yuichiro Miki, Yurie Yamamoto, Tomohiro Sera, Atsushi Sugimoto, Shuhei Kushiyama, Sadaaki Nishimura, Shingo Togano, Masaichi Ohira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84107-x