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SUBMITTER: Jo P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5067705 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jo Peter P Nietert Manuel M Gusky Linda L Kitz Julia J Conradi Lena C LC Müller-Dornieden Annegret A Schüler Philipp P Wolff Hendrik A HA Rüschoff Josef J Ströbel Philipp P Grade Marian M Liersch Torsten T Beißbarth Tim T Ghadimi Michael B MB Sax Ulrich U Gaedcke Jochen J
Scientific reports 20161018
Translational research relies on high-quality biospecimens. In patients with rectal cancer treated preoperatively with radiochemotherapy tissue based analyses are challenging. To assess quality challenges we analyzed tissue samples taken over the last years in a multicenter setting. We retrospectively evaluated overall 197 patients of the CAO/ARO/AIO-94- and 04-trial with locally advanced rectal cancer that were biopsied preoperatively at the University Medical Center Goettingen as well as in 10 ...[more]