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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Aug 15, 2021; 13(8): 879-892
Published online Aug 15, 2021. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v13.i8.879
Plasma MMP-2 and MMP-7 levels are elevated first month after surgery and may promote growth of residual metastases
HMC Shantha Kumara, Hiromichi Miyagaki, Sajith A Herath, Erica Pettke, Xiaohong Yan, Vesna Cekic, Richard L Whelan
HMC Shantha Kumara, Xiaohong Yan, Vesna Cekic, Richard L Whelan, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health, New York, NY 10028, United States
Hiromichi Miyagaki, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, Suita 565-0862, Osaka, Japan
Sajith A Herath, Analytic Department, Novartis, Morris Plains, NJ 07905, United States
Erica Pettke, Department of Surgery, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98122, United States
Richard L Whelan, Department of Surgery, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY 11549, United States
Author contributions: Shantha Kumara H contributed to the conception, design, sample processing, statistical analysis and interpretation of data, and revision of the articles; Miyagaki H, Herath SA and Yan X contributed to collection of human material clinical data, revision of the article; Pettke E and Cekic V contributed to human sample collection, processing, analysis and interpretation of data; Whelan RL contributed to the conception, design, interpretation of data, critical revision of the article; all authors drafted the article and made critical revisions and approved the submitted final version of the article to be published.
Supported by Thompson Family Foundation to the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai West Hospital, New York.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by Institutional Review Board of the Columbia university medical center, New York and Institutional Review Board of the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Corresponding author: Richard L Whelan, FACS, MD, Professor, System Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health, Third Avenue, Suite PH, New York, NY 10028, United States.
rwhelan1@northwell.edu
Received: January 20, 2021
Peer-review started: January 20, 2021
First decision: February 14, 2021
Revised: March 16, 2021
Accepted: June 4, 2021
Article in press: June 4, 2021
Published online: August 15, 2021
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