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SUBMITTER: Kotsafti A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7458640 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kotsafti Andromachi A Scarpa Melania M Cavallin Francesco F Fassan Matteo M Salmaso Roberta R Porzionato Andrea A Saadeh Luca L Cagol Matteo M Alfieri Rita R Castoro Carlo C Rugge Massimo M Castagliuolo Ignazio I Scarpa Marco M
Oncoimmunology 20200812 1
After neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for esophageal adenocarcinoma, up to 29% of patients have a pathological complete response (pCR). What to do afterward is still under debate. The aim of this prospective study was to define which local markers of immune response might act as predictors of pCR and of recurrence after pCR. The peritumoral healthy mucosa of the surgical specimen was sampled at esophagectomy and analyzed by immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry and Real-Time PCR. One hundred and tw ...[more]