Telomerase expression in noncancerous bronchial epithelia is a possible marker of early development of lung cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 65, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 9623-9627

  Miyazu, Yuka Matsuoka ^a,e   Miyazawa, Teruomi ^a,e   Hiyama, Keiko ^b   Kurimoto, Noriaki ^c,e   Iwamoto, Yasuo ^a   Matsuura, Hiroo ^a   Kanoh, Koji ^a   Kohno, Nobuoki ^d   Nishiyama, Masahiko ^b   Hiyama, Eiso ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Hiroshima Hospital   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METASTASIS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BRONCHI; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; TELOMERASE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 27544487984     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-0976     Document Type: Article

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