MOLECULAR/GENETIC ABERRATIONS IN SURGICAL MARGINS OF RESECTED PANCREATIC CANCER REPRESENTS NEOPLASTIC DISEASE THAT CORRELATES WITH DISEASE OUTCOME

摘要

The present invention relates to the detection of field cancerization by detection of aberrations in tumor target genes at the margins of resected tumors, and the use of such information to predict survival in cancer patients. Methods for treatment of cancer based thereon also are provided.