The role of apoptosis in gynaecological malignancies

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-126

  Sheets, Ellen E ^a   Yeh, John ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; blc 2; Cervix; Neoplasia

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROPEROXYCYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; DNA; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEOPLASM; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS;

EID: 0030955777     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899709113697     Document Type: Review

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