Expression and prognostic significance of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase in hepatocellular, gastric, and breast cancers

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 807-816

  Matsukura, Shiroh ^a   Miyazaki, Kohji ^a   Yakushiji, Hiroyuki ^a   Ogawa, Akiomi ^a   Harimaya, Katsumi ^b   Nakabeppu, Yusaku ^c,d   Sekiguchi, Mutsuo ^e  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colorectal cancer; Gastric cancer; Hepatocellular carcinoma; O6 methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT); Prognosis

Indexed keywords

METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; ANTIBODY; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; SEROSA; STOMACH CANCER; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISTANT METASTASIS; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR INVASION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035665415     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/aso.2001.8.10.807     Document Type: Article

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