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From: TIMP-1 and responsiveness to gemcitabine in advanced breast cancer; results from a randomized phase III trial from the Danish breast cancer cooperative group

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CONSORT diagram. *Tissue samples were unavailable/unsuitable for one of the following reasons: archival tissue not available (n = 39), no tumor cells in available samples (n = 13), only needle biopsies available (n = 12). **Tissue samples were withdrawn for one of the following reasons: IHC analysis done on metastasis only (n = 3), patients with bilateral cancer (n = 4), IHC analysis unsuccessful (n = 2). Abbreviations: D = docetaxel; DBCG = Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group; FFPE = formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded; GD = gemcitabine plus docetaxel; IHC = immunohistochemical staining; TIMP-1 = tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1.

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