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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1204
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
a Department of Surgery, VA Medical Center, 4100 W Third St, No. 112, Dayton, OH 45428
b Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, VA Medical Center, 4100 W Third St, No. 112, Dayton, OH 45428
c The Center for Genomics Research, Boonshoft School of Medicine, VA Medical Center, 4100 W Third St, No. 112, Dayton, OH 45428
d Wright State University School of Medicine, VA Medical Center, 4100 W Third St, No. 112, Dayton, OH 45428
(Email: douglas.paull@wright.edu).
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Tsubochi and colleagues [1] present further evidence that molecular markers, in this case cyclooxyenase-2 (COX-2) expression, are useful in the determination of prognosis after resection of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) [1]. In their retrospective study of 219 patients, utilizing immunohistochemical staining of surgical specimens, patients with tumor expression of COX-2 had a worse prognosis. This effect was valid in four patient subgroups:
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