Expression of CD44 isoforms in squamous cell carcinoma of the border of the tongue: A correlation with histological grade, pattern of stromal invasion, and cell differentiation

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-120

  Fonseca, Isabel ^a,b   Pereira, Teresa ^a   Rosa Santos, Jorge ^a   Soares, Jorge ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE ONCOLOGIA DE LISBOA FRANCISCO GENTIL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CD44; Differentiation; Oral mucosa; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD44; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035101810     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9098(200102)76:2<115::AID-JSO1021>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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