Tumor apoptosis in cervical cancer: Its role as a prognostic factor in 42 radiotherapy patients

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 305-312

  Kim, Joo Young ^a   Cho, Hyun Yee ^a   Lee, Kyu Chan ^a   Hwang, You Jin ^a   Lee, Myung Hak ^a   Roberts, Stephen A ^b   Kim, Chul Hwan ^c,d  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptotic index (AI); Cervix cancer; Prognosis; Radiation induced apoptosis; Spontaneous AI; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035922879     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.1033     Document Type: Article

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