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Christina Kong

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  • Prognostic and predictive significance of plasma HGF and IL-8 in a phase III trial of chemoradiation with or without tirapazamine in locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer.

    Le QT, Fisher R, Oliner KS, Young RJ, Cao H, Kong C, Graves E, Hicks RJ, McArthur GA, Peters L, O'Sullivan B, Giaccia A, Rischin D. Clin Cancer Res. 2012; 18 (6): 1798-807

    Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a hypoxia-induced secreted protein that binds to cMet and regulates interleukin (IL)-8 expression. We evaluated the role of circulating HGF and IL-8 as prognostic and predictive factors for efficacy of tirapazamine (TPZ), a hypoxic cell cytotoxin.

    PubMedID: 22383739

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