Correlated expression of glutathione S-transferase-π and c-Jun or other oncogene products in human squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck: Relevance to relapse after radiation therapy

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-151

  Miura, Kohki ^a   Suzuki, Shinsaku ^a   Tanita, Jiro ^a   Shinkawa, Hideichi ^a   Satoh, Kimihiko ^a   Tsuchida, Shigeki ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

c Jun; Glutathione S transferase; Head and neck cancer; Oncogene; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MYC PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN C FOS; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOGENE C JUN; ONCOGENE H RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR REGRESSION;

EID: 0030932313     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1997.tb00359.x     Document Type: Article

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