Cytokeratin-18 fragments predict treatment response and overall survival in gastric cancer in a randomized controlled trial

Background: Gastric cancer is common malignancy and exhibits a poor prognosis. At the time of diagnosis, the majority of patients present with metastatic disease which precludes curative treatment. Non-invasive biomarkers which discriminate early from advanced stages or predict the response to treat...

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Main Authors: Michael Nagel, Julia Schulz, Annett Maderer, Katrin Goepfert, Nadine Gehrke, Thomas Thomaidis, Peter C Thuss-Patience, Salah E Al-Batran, Susanna Hegewisch-Becker, Peter Grimminger, Peter Robert Galle, Markus Möhler, Jörn Markus Schattenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOS Press 2018-03-01
Series:Tumor Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1010428318764007