Fucose levels in sera and in tumours of colorectal adenocarcinoma patients

Cancer Letters

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-153

  Fernández Rodríguez, Julia ^a   De La Cadena, María Páez ^a   Martínez Zorzano, Vicenta S ^a   Rodríguez Berrocal, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Dukes' stages; Fucose

Indexed keywords

FUCOSE; PROTEIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 0345451610     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)00343-1     Document Type: Article

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