Telomerase activity in esophageal carcinoma

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 88-92

  Takubo, Kaiyo ^a   Nakamura, Ken Ichi ^a   Izumiyama, Naotaka ^a   Mafune, Ken Ichi ^b   Tanaka, Yoichi ^b   Miyashita, Masao ^c   Sasajima, Koji ^c   Kato, Motonobu ^d   Oshimura, Mitsuo ^d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Adenosquamous carcinoma; Esophagus; Small cell carcinoma; Squamous cell carcinoma; Telomere

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TELOMERE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TELOMERASE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030776991     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199710)66:2<88::AID-JSO3>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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