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Ku70 predicts response and primary tumor recurrence after therapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer

  1. Miguel Angel Pavón1,
  2. Matilde Parreño1,†,*,
  3. Xavier León2,
  4. Francesc J. Sancho3,
  5. Maria Virtudes Céspedes1,
  6. Isolda Casanova1,
  7. Antonio Lopez-Pousa4,
  8. Maria Antonia Mangues5,
  9. Miquel Quer2,
  10. Agustí Barnadas4,
  11. Ramón Mangues1,†,*

Article first published online: 10 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23635

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 123, Issue 5, pages 1068–1079, 1 September 2008

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Pavón, M. A., Parreño, M., León, X., Sancho, F. J., Céspedes, M. V., Casanova, I., Lopez-Pousa, A., Mangues, M. A., Quer, M., Barnadas, A. and Mangues, R. (2008), Ku70 predicts response and primary tumor recurrence after therapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer. Int. J. Cancer, 123: 1068–1079. doi: 10.1002/ijc.23635

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  1. 1

    Grup d'Oncogènesi i Antitumorals (GOA), Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN) and Institut de Recerca, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

  2. 2

    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

  3. 3

    Department of Pathology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

  4. 4

    Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

  5. 5

    Department of Pharmacy, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

  1. †

    Phone: +34-93-2919106, Fax: +34-93-4552331.

*GOA, Laboratori d'Investigació Gastrointestinal, Institut de Recerca, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Av. Sant AntoniM. Claret, 167, 08025 Barcelona, Spain

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 10 JUN 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 14 MAR 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 26 OCT 2007

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  • Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Grant Number: SAF03-07437
  • Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias. Grant Numbers: FIS PI052591, FIS PI051776, FIS 98/3197, FIS01/3085
  • Fundación Mutua Madrileña. Grant Number: FMM 2006/169
  • Fundació Marató de TV3. Grant Number: MaratóTV3 04/050510
  • AGAUR. Grant Number: SGR1050
  • ISCIII CIBER-BBN. Grant Number: CB06/01/1031

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