Hepatocyte growth factor and Met/HGF receptors in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma

Oncology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 817-822

  Wu, Chew Wun ^a,b   Li, Anna F Y ^a   Chi, Chin Wen ^a   Chung, Wen Wei ^a   Liu, Tsung Yun ^a   Lui, Wing Yiu ^a   P'eng, Fang Ku ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Hepatocyte growth factor; Met HGF receptor

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PEROXIDASE; SCATTER FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA;

EID: 0031842001     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.5.4.817     Document Type: Article

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