Expression of galectin-3 in adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck and its relationship with distant metastasis

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-56

  Teymoortash, Afshin ^a   Pientka, Anna ^a   Schrader, Carsten ^b   Tiemann, Markus ^c   Werner, Jochen A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c Institute of Haematopathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenoid cystic carcinoma; Galectin 3; Metastatic spread; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 3;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; FEMALE; GALECTIN 3; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 28244496108     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-005-0040-1     Document Type: Article

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