High stromal hyaluronan level is associated with poor differentiation and metastasis in prostate cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 849-856

  Lipponen, P ^a   Aaltomaa, S ^b   Tammi, R ^a   Tammi, M ^a   Agren U ^a   Kosma, V M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

CD44; Hyaluronan; Prognosis; Prostate neoplasm

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MITOSIS RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; STROMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD44; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035045589     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00448-2     Document Type: Article

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