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Cyclooxygenase 2 Expression in Rectal Cancer Is of Prognostic Significance in Patients Receiving Preoperative Radiotherapy

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2007

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Pieter de Heer, Marleen J.E.M. Gosens, Elza C. de Bruin, N. Geeske Dekker-Ensink, Hein Putter, Corrie A.M. Marijnen, Adriaan J. C. van den Brule, J. Han van Krieken, H.J.T. Rutten, Peter J.K. Kuppen,
Clinical Cancer Research

Abstract

A high level of COX-2 expression after preoperative radiotherapy in resection specimens is associated with apoptosis resistance, high distant recurrence rates, and a poor prognosis in rectal cancer.

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