Helix pomatia agglutinin binding is a useful prognostic indicator in colorectal carcinoma
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The use of the lectin Helix pomatia agglutinin (HPA) as a prognostic indicator and as a tool in cancer research.
Progress in treatment for cancer has enabled extension of the disease-free interval, and of the quality of life for patients, but there has been very little improvement in overall survival rates. The main reason for this has been the ineffectiveness of current therapies to kill all the cancer cells once they have spread to distant sites to form metastatic deposits. One marker which has proved t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19941215)74:12<3104::aid-cncr2820741207>3.0.co;2-0