Thymidine kinase in epithelial ovarian cancer: Relationship with the other pyrimidine pathway enzymes

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 328-335

  Fujiwaki, Ritsuto ^a   Hata, Kohkichi ^a   Nakayama, Kentaro ^a   Moriyama, Masashi ^b   Iwanari, Osamu ^b   Katabuchi, Hidetaka ^c   Okamura, Hitoshi ^c   Sakai, Eiichi ^d   Miyazaki, Kohji ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Nihon Gene Research Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capecitabine; Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase; Epithelial ovarian cancer; Radioenzymatic assay; Thymidine kinase; Thymidine phosphorylase; Thymidylate synthase

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; DNA; THYMIDINE KINASE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOENZYMATIC ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CYTOSOL; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DIHYDROURACIL DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROGNOSIS; PYRIMIDINES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMIDINE KINASE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037140955     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10319     Document Type: Article

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