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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 28, 2006; 12(40): 6515-6521
Published online Oct 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i40.6515
Published online Oct 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i40.6515
Strong prognostic value of nodal and bone marrow micro-involvement in patients with pancreatic ductal carcinoma receiving no adjuvant chemotherapy
Emre F Yekebas, Dean Bogoevski, Björn-Christian Link, Jussuf T Kaifi, Robin Wachowiak, Oliver Mann, Asad Kutup, Guellue Cataldegirmen, Lars Wolfram, Jakob R Izbicki, Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Michael Bubenheim, Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Centre of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Andreas Erbersdobler, Institute of Pathology, University Medical Centre of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Klaus Pantel, Institute of Tumor Biology, University Medical Centre of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Christoph Klein, Institute of Immunology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Supported by the “Hamburger Krebsgesellschaft e. V.”(06-04-2004) , the Roggenbuck-Stiftung, Hamburg (05-07-2004), and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn, Germany
Correspondence to: Jakob R Izbicki, MD, FACS, Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. izbicki@uke.uni-hamburg.de
Telephone: +49-40-428032401 Fax: +49-40-4280344319
Received: April 18, 2006
Revised: August 12, 2006
Accepted: September 13, 2006
Published online: October 28, 2006
Revised: August 12, 2006
Accepted: September 13, 2006
Published online: October 28, 2006
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