Elevated plasma thymosin-α1 levels in lung cancer patients

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 885-891

  Sasaki, Hidefumi ^a,b   Fujii, Yoshitaka ^a   Masaoka, Akira ^a   Yamakawa, Yosuke ^a   Fukai, Ichiro ^a   Kiriyama, Masanobu ^a   Saito, Yushi ^a   Matsui, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoradiometric assay; Lung cancer; Thymosin 1

Indexed keywords

THYMOSIN ALPHA1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMOSIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031423836     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)00269-8     Document Type: Article

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