The prognostic role of desmoplastic stroma in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by an abundant desmoplastic stroma. We examined the prognostic value of stroma density and activity in patients with resectable PDAC treated with surgery and adjuvant gemcitabinebased chemotherapy. FFPE-tissue from the pancreatectomy of 145 pa...

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Main Authors: Wang, L, Silva, M, D'Costa, Z, Bockelmann, R, Soonawalla, Z, Liu, S, O'Neill, E, Mukherjee, S, McKenna, W, Muschel, R, Fokas, E
Format: Journal article
Published: Impact Journals 2015