Survival Outcomes According to Adjuvant Treatment and Prognostic Factors Including Host Immune Markers in Patients with Curatively Resected Ampulla of Vater Cancer.

BACKGROUND:Ampulla of Vater cancer (AoV Ca) is a rare tumor, and its adjuvant treatment has not been established. The purpose of this study was to find out prognostic factors including host immunity and role of adjuvant treatment in AoV Ca. METHODS AND FINDINGS:We reviewed 227 AoV Ca patients with c...

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Main Authors: Hye Rim Ha, Do-Youn Oh, Tae-Yong Kim, KyoungBun Lee, Kyubo Kim, Kyung-Hun Lee, Sae-Won Han, Eui Kyu Chie, Jin-Young Jang, Seock-Ah Im, Tae-You Kim, Sun-Whe Kim, Yung-Jue Bang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4790941?pdf=render