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The Rhesus D-negative phenotype is an independent predictor of poor prognosis in curatively (RO) resected gastric cancer patients

British Journal of Cancer volume 75, pages 1291–1294 (1997)Cite this article

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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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    B Mayer

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Mayer, B., Schraut, W., Funke, I. et al. The Rhesus D-negative phenotype is an independent predictor of poor prognosis in curatively (RO) resected gastric cancer patients. Br J Cancer 75, 1291–1294 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1997.219

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