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SUBMITTER: Oue N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3947446 | biostudies-other | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Oue Naohide N Anami Katsuhiro K Schetter Aaron J AJ Moehler Markus M Okayama Hirokazu H Khan Mohammed A MA Bowman Elise D ED Mueller Annett A Schad Arno A Shimomura Manabu M Hinoi Takao T Aoyagi Kazuhiko K Sasaki Hiroki H Okajima Masazumi M Ohdan Hideki H Galle Peter R PR Yasui Wataru W Harris Curtis C CC
International journal of cancer 20131108 8
Colon cancer (CC) is a leading cause of cancer mortality. Novel biomarkers are needed to identify CC patients at high risk of recurrence and those who may benefit from therapeutic intervention. The aim of this study is to investigate if miR-21 expression from RNA isolated from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue sections is associated with prognosis and therapeutic outcome for patients with CC. The expression of miR-21 was measured by quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chai ...[more]