Mammaglobin B gene as a novel marker for lymph node micrometastasis in patients with abdominal cancers

Cancer Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-84

  Aihara, Tomohiko ^a,b   Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki ^c   Miyake, Yasuhiro ^c   Okami, Jiro ^c   Okada, Yoshihiro ^c   Iwao, Kyoko ^c   Sugita, Yurika ^c   Tomita, Naohiro ^c   Sakon, Masato ^c   Shiozaki, Hitoshi ^c   Monden, Morito ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Micrometastases; Molecular diagnosis; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR)

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER; UTEROGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA, BILE DUCT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTEROGLOBIN;

EID: 0034089145     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(99)00378-X     Document Type: Article

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