Heme oxygenase-1 promoter polymorphism is a predictor of disease relapse in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

  • Yogesh Vashist
  • Faik Güntac Uzunoglu
  • Lena Deutsch
  • Vjacheslav Kalinin
  • Oliver Zehler
  • Adil Alzadjali
  • Asad Kutup
  • Jakob R. Izbicki
  • Emre F. Yekebas

Abstract

Current available preoperative diagnostic workup is insufficient to differentiate between benign and malignant pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNET). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the potential prognostic role of the promoter GTn repeat polymorphism (GTn) of the heme oxygenase-1 gene in PNET.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number2
ISSN0022-4804
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 21236443