The Rhesus D-negative phenotype is an independent predictor of poor prognosis in curatively (RO) resected gastric cancer patients. |
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| Authors: | B Mayer W Schraut I Funke K W Jauch W Mempel J P Johnson and F W Schildberg |
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| Institution: | Department of Surgery, University of Munich, Germany. |
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| Abstract: | Among gastric cancer patients, the Rhesus D-negative phenotype correlated with increased tumour recurrence all patients, n = 83, P = 0.026; curatively (R0) resected patients, n = 51, P = 0.093] and reduced overall survival time (all patients, log-rank P = 0.0028; R0 patients, log-rank P = 0.0003) and was identified in multivariate analysis as the most important independent prognostic marker in the R0 patient group (relative risk 9.1, P = 0.0013). |
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