Relation between mismatch repair status, chemoresponse, survival and anatomic location in gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma.

"Competing interests: Lorenzo Ferri reports grants or contracts from the Cancer Research Society (grant # 25320). Lorenzo Ferri and Veena Sangwan report grants or contracts from the Montreal General Hospital Foundation. Amit Katz reports grants or contracts from the Israel Cancer Research Fund. Pierre Fiset reports grants or contracts from Bristol Myers Squibb, and payments and honoraria for expert consultation and presentations on biomarker testing and pathology at advisory boards from Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Incyte Corp., Merck, Novartis, Pfizer and Precision Rx-Dx. No other competing interests were declared."

"Funding: This study was funded by grant #25320 from the Cancer Research Society to Lorenzo Ferri, a grant from the Montreal General Hospital Foundation to Veena Sangwan and Lorenzo Ferri, and a grant from the Israel Cancer Research Fund to Amit Katz."