Epidermal growth factor as a potential prognostic and predictive biomarker of response to platinum-based chemotherapy.

In this study, we investigated serum epidermal growth factor (EGF) in an oncological population of head- and neck and pulmonary neoplasms and whether serum EGF could serve as a prognostic marker of survival and as a predictive marker for treatment response to platinum-based chemotherapy. A total of...

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Main Authors: Margot Geens, Sofie Stappers, Heleen Konings, Benedicte Y De Winter, Pol Specenier, Jan P Van Meerbeeck, Gert A Verpooten, Steven Abrams, Annelies Janssens, Marc Peeters, Paul Van de Heyning, Olivier M Vanderveken, Kristien J Ledeganck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252646