Relationship between mismatch repair immunophenotype and long-term survival in patients with resected periampullary adenocarcinoma

Abstract Background Periampullary adenocarcinomas, including pancreatic cancer, are a heterogeneous group of tumors with poor prognosis, where classification into intestinal type (I-type) or pancreatobiliary type (PB-type) is a relevant prognostic factor. The clinical significance of deficient misma...

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Main Authors: Margareta Heby, Sebastian Lundgren, Björn Nodin, Jacob Elebro, Jakob Eberhard, Karin Jirström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
Subjects:
MMR
TMA
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12967-018-1444-4