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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 14, 2011; 17(26): 3109-3116
Published online Jul 14, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i26.3109
Published online Jul 14, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i26.3109
Effect of preoperative FOLFOX chemotherapy on CCL20/CCR6 expression in colorectal liver metastases
Claudia Rubie, Vilma Oliveira Frick, Christoph Justinger, Jens Sperling, Otto Kollmar, Martin K Schilling, Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Paediatric Surgery, University of the Saarland, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany
Pirus Ghadjar, Department of Radiation Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
Mathias Wagner, Institute of Pathology, University of the Saarland, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany
Stefan Graeber, Institute of Medical Biometrics, Epidemiology, and Medical Informatics (IMBEI), University of the Saarland, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany
Author contributions: Rubie C and Frick VO contributed equally to this work. Rubie C contributed to study concept and design, and drafting of the manuscript; Frick VO was involved in acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data; Wagner M provided technical support; Justinger C, Sperling J and Kollmar O provided material support; Graeber S performed statistical analysis; Ghadjar P and Schilling MK critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content and provided material support.
Correspondence to: Claudia Rubie, PhD, Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Paediatric Surgery, University of the Saarland, Chirurgische Klinik, Gebäude 57, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany. ca.labor@uks.eu
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Received: October 21, 2010
Revised: December 17, 2010
Accepted: December 24, 2010
Published online: July 14, 2011
Revised: December 17, 2010
Accepted: December 24, 2010
Published online: July 14, 2011
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