Differential expression of anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 in keratinizing versus non-keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma of the anus

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-164

  Allal, Abdelkarim S ^a   Bründler, Marie Anne ^a   Gervaz, Pascal ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anal cancer; Bcl 2; Immunohistochemistry; Keratinizing; P53

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CARCINOMA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM BIOPSY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS NEOPLASMS; APOPTOSIS; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 13644253689     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-004-0651-z     Document Type: Article

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