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SUBMITTER: Predina JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3606205 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Predina Jarrod D JD Judy Brendan B Fridlender Zvi G ZG Aliperti Louis A LA Madajewski Brian B Kapoor Veena V Cheng Guanjun G Quatromoni Jon J Okusanya Olugbenga O Singhal Sunil S
Cancer biology & therapy 20120523 9
Up to 30% of cancer patients undergoing curative surgery develop local recurrences due to positive margins. Patients typically receive adjuvant chemotherapy, immunotherapy and/or radiation to prevent such relapses. Interestingly, evidence supporting these therapies is traditionally derived in animal models of primary tumors, thus failing to consider surgically induced tumor microenvironment changes that may influence adjuvant therapy efficacy. To address this consideration, we characterized a mu ...[more]