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Adenocarcinoma
Research from L.F. Grochola and co-authors in the area of adenocarcinoma published
October 28th, 2008
According to recent research from Ulm, Germany, "Telomerase is thought to play an essential role in tumorigenesis and progression. Its activity is directly correlated with the expression of its catalytic subunit, human telomerase reverse transcriptase ( hTERT)." "A correlation of transcript expression with a poor prognosis has been detected in different human malignancies. However, data on hTERT in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are purely descriptive so far. Therefore, we evaluated the impact of hTERT expression on patients' prognosis. Human telomerase reverse transcriptase mRNA isolates from 56 human microdissected PDAC tissues were analyzed by quantitative...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-10-28)
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