Brief Reports
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2005. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
World J Gastroenterol. Sep 28, 2005; 11(36): 5696-5700
Published online Sep 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i36.5696
p53 negativity, CDC25B positivity, and metallothionein negativity are predictors of a response of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma to chemoradiotherapy
Fumiko Sunada, Masayuki Itabashi, Hisanao Ohkura, Toshiyuki Okumura
Fumiko Sunada, Masayuki Itabashi, Hisanao Ohkura, Toshiyuki Okumura, Departments of Internal Medicine, Pathology, Radiology, Ibaraki Prefectural Central Hospital and Cancer Center, Koibuchi 6528, Tomobe-machi Nishiibaraki-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Fumiko Sunada, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical School Hospital, Yakushiji 3311, Minamikawachi-machi, Kawachi-gun, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan. f-sunada@jichi.ac.jp
Telephone: +81-285-587348 Fax: +81-285-448297
Received: December 15, 2004
Revised: January 23, 2005
Accepted: January 26, 2005
Published online: September 28, 2005
Core Tip