Serum transforming growth factor-&beta;1 level reflects disease status in patients with esophageal carcinoma after radiotherapy

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2007; 13(39): 5267-5272
Published online Oct 21, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i39.5267

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Characteristic	Number of patients
Gender
Male	64
Female	26
Age (yr)
Range	42-75
Median	57.80
Pathology
Squamous cell carcinoma	88
Undifferentiated carcinoma	2
Location
Upper-thoracic	37
Middle-thoracic	41
Lower-thoracic	12
Length (cm)
Median	5.91
Range	2-12
Stage (UICC 1997)
I	8
IIa	31
IIb	45
III	6

Citation: Sun SP, Jin YN, Yang HP, Wei Y, Dong Z. Serum transforming growth factor-β1 level reflects disease status in patients with esophageal carcinoma after radiotherapy. World J Gastroenterol 2007; 13(39): 5267-5272
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i39/5267.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v13.i39.5267

Sun SP, Jin YN, Yang HP, Wei Y, Dong Z. Serum transforming growth factor-β1 level reflects disease status in patients with esophageal carcinoma after radiotherapy. World J Gastroenterol 2007; 13(39): 5267-5272 [PMID: 17876899 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i39.5267]

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