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Gene Signature Predicts Response to Esophagogastric Cancer Therapy
Gene Signature Predicts Response to Esophagogastric Cancer Therapy
S London
20120102
2012 Feb 2
Elsevier Global Medical News
Gene Signature Predicts Response to Esophagogastric Cancer Therapy
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2012 Feb 2, S London
SAN FRANCISCO (EGMN) - A new 86-gene signature may add to metabolic imaging in guiding early treatment decisions for esophagogastric junction cancer, researchers reported.The leptin gene, among others, stood out as having the potential to become a clinically useful biomarker in analyses that were presented at a meeting on gastrointestinal cancers sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.Dr. Russell Petty of the University of Aberdeen (Scotland) and colleagues studied 182 patients with...