Epstein-Barr virus-associated nonsmall cell lung carcinoma: Undifferentiated 'lymphoepithelioma-like' carcinoma as a distinct entity with better prognosis

Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2334-2342

  Chen, Fen Fen ^a   Yan, Jing Jou ^a   Lai, Wu Wei ^a   Jin, Ying Tai ^a   Su, Ih Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; Epstein Barr virus; Lymphoepithelioma like carcinoma; Nonsmall cell lung carcinoma

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTO ONCOGENE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS EXPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA, VIRAL; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 0032526049     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980615)82:12<2334::AID-CNCR6>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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