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SUBMITTER: Ho V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5742811 | biostudies-other | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ho Vincent V Chung Liping L Singh Amandeep A Lea Vivienne V Revoltar Maxine M Lim Stephanie H SH Tut Thein-Ga TG Ng Weng W Lee Mark M de Souza Paul P Shin Joo-Shik JS Soon Lee Cheok C
Cancers 20171130 12
<h4>Background</h4>Molecular biomarkers have the potential to predict response to the treatment of rectal cancer. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the prognostic and clinicopathological implication of RAD50 (DNA repair protein RAD50 homolog) expression in rectal cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 266 rectal cancer patients who underwent surgery and received chemo- and radiotherapy between 2000 and 2011 were involved in the study. Postoperative RAD50 expression was determined by immunohistochem ...[more]