Bcl-2 protein and prognosis in patients with potentially curable non-small-cell lung cancer

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 432, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 441-444

  Silvestrini, Rosella ^a   Costa, Aurora ^a   Lequaglie, Cosimo ^a   Mochen, Claudia ^a   Veneroni, Silvia ^a   Leutner, Monica ^a   Ravasi, Gianni ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

bcl 2 expression; Operable lung cancer; Prognostic factor; Relapse free survival

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTO ONCOGENE; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031780388     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280050188     Document Type: Article

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