Prognostic relevance of c-Myc and caspase-3 for patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Oncology Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-98

  Volm, Manfred ^a   Koomägi, Reet ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; c Myc; Caspasc 3; Immunohistochemistry; Non small cell lung carcinomas; Proliferation; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

CASP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; MYC PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033631260     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.7.1.95     Document Type: Article

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