Lack of expression of galectin-3 is associated with a poor outcome in node-negative patients with laryngeal squamous-cell carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3850-3856

  Piantelli, Mauro ^a   Iacobelli, Stefano ^a   Almadori, Giovanni ^a   Iezzi, Manuela ^a   Tinari, Nicola ^a   Natoli, Clara ^a   Cadoni, Gabriella ^a   Lauriola, Libero ^a   Ranelletti, Franco O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; GALECTIN 3; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINIZATION; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOWN-REGULATION; GALECTIN 3; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037106507     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2002.01.078     Document Type: Article

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