Reduced expression of plakoglobin indicates an unfavorable prognosis in subsets of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1407-1413

  Pantel, Klaus ^a   Passlick, Bernward ^a   Vogt, Judith ^a   Stosiek, Peter ^a   Angstwurm, Matthias ^a   Seen Hibler, Rita ^a   Häußinger, Karl ^a   Thetter, Olaf ^a   Izbicki, Jakob R ^a   Riethmüller, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; PLAKOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL ADHESION; DESMOSOME; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN INDUCTION;

EID: 0031950315     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1998.16.4.1407     Document Type: Article

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