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Surgical Endoscopy
Published in: Surgical Endoscopy 8/2011

01-08-2011 | Letter--Reply

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Authors: Michael Grieco, Richard L. Whelan

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 8/2011

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In their letter, Spiliotis and Zoras seem to misunderstand our position. It was never our belief that blood levels of epidermal growth factor (EGF) should be aggressively pursued as a clinical biomarker. The main purpose of our study “minimally invasive colorectal resection (MICR) associated with a rapid and sustained decrease in plasma levels of epidermal growth factor (EGF) in the colon cancer setting” was to determine the impact of MICR on postoperative plasma EGF levels in cancer patients. …
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Title
Author reply
Authors
Michael Grieco
Richard L. Whelan
Publication date
01-08-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 8/2011
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-011-1663-8

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