Reduced E-cadherin expression is associated with increased lymph node metastasis and unfavorable prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 4 PART I, 1998, Pages 1319-1323

  Sulzer, Maarten A ^a,b   Leers, Mathie P G ^a   Van Noord, Jan A ^a   Bollen, Ewald C M ^a   Theunissen, Paul H M H ^a  

^a Department of Medical Microbiology   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031968330     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.4.9703099     Document Type: Article

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