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SUBMITTER: Dong X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2910789 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dong Xiaoqun X Javle Milind M Hess Kenneth R KR Shroff Rachna R Abbruzzese James L JL Li Donghui D
Gastroenterology 20100421 2
<h4>Background & aims</h4>Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-axis mediated signaling pathways play an important role in pancreatic cancer development and progression. We examined whether IGF-axis gene variants are associated with clinical outcomes in pancreatic cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>We retrospectively genotyped 41 single-nucleotide polymorphisms from 10 IGF-axis genes in 333 patients with localized pancreatic adenocarcinoma and validated the findings in 373 patients with advanced disease. Associa ...[more]