The Prognostic Yield of Biomarkers Harvested in Chemotherapy-Naive stage II Colon Cancer: Can We Separate the Wheat from the Chaff?
Abstract The tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) system fails to accurately predict disease recurrence in a considerable number of patients. Although node-negative (stage II) colon cancer is considered to have an overall good prognosis, the 5-year cancer-specific survival is reported at 81–83% in patients w...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2016-05-01
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Series: | Molecular Medicine |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.2119/molmed.2016.00098 |