Staging of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma using the MET oncogene product as marker of tumor cells in lymph node metastases

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 286-292

  Cortesina, Giorgio ^a   Martone, Tiziana ^a   Galeazzi, Emanuela ^a   Olivero, Martina ^a,b   De Stefani, Antonella ^a   Bussi, Mario ^a   Valente, Guido ^c   Comoglio, Paolo M ^a,b   Di Renzo, M Flavia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CANDIOLO CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPITHELIUM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MOUTH; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033945893     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0215(20000520)89:3<286::AID-IJC12>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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