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Doublecortin and CaM kinase-like-1 as an independent prognostic factor in patients with resected pancreatic carcinoma
Kohei Nishio, Kenjiro Kimura, Ryosuke Amano, Bunzo Nakata, Sadaaki Yamazoe, Go Ohira, Kotaro Miura, Naoki Kametani, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuya Muguruma, Kosei Hirakawa, Masaichi Ohira
Kohei Nishio, Kenjiro Kimura, Ryosuke Amano, Sadaaki Yamazoe, Go Ohira, Kotaro Miura, Naoki Kametani, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuya Muguruma, Kosei Hirakawa, Masaichi Ohira, Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
Bunzo Nakata, Department of Surgery, Kashiwara Municipal Hospital, Kashiwara City, Osaka 582-0005, Japan
Author contributions: Kimura K designed the studies; Nishio K drafted the manuscript; Amano R, Muguruma K, Tanaka H, Yamazoe S, Ohira G, Miura K, Kametani N and Hirakawa K provided support in design and interpretation of the study; Nishio K and Kimura K performed the statistical analyses; Hirakawa K and Nakata B helped in drafting of the manuscript; Ohira M provided overall supervision of the manuscript; all authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Osaka City University Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: Written informed consent was obtained from all patients.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Kenjiro Kimura, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan. kenjiro@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
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Received: March 31, 2017
Peer-review started: April 8, 2017
First decision: April 26, 2017
Revised: May 11, 2017
Accepted: July 22, 2017
Article in press: July 24, 2017
Published online: August 21, 2017
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