Hyaluronan expression in gastric cancer cells is associated with local and nodal spread and reduced survival rate

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 1133-1138

  Setala L P ^a   Tammi, M I ^b   Tammi, R H ^b   Eskelinen, M J ^b   Lipponen, P K ^b   Agren U M ^b   Parkkinen, J ^b   Alhava, E M ^b   Kosma, V M ^b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Hyaluronan; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033052479     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690180     Document Type: Article

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