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01-04-2009 | Gastrointestinal Oncology
Challenges in Developing Robust Genetic Markers and Targets to Predict and Prevent Distant and Peritoneal Recurrence in Gastric Cancer
Authors:
D. Ziogas, MD, D. H. Roukos, MD
Published in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Issue 4/2009
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Excerpt
Mimori et al. in a recent issue of the
Journal reported interesting data on membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) expression in peripheral blood and bone marrow of 810 patients with gastric cancer.
1 This large-scale study evaluated the potential utility of MT1-MMP as a marker to predict risk of distant metastasis and peritoneal dissemination in gastric cancer. …