Prognostic significance of β-catenin nuclear expression in hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 58, 2004, Pages 921-924

  Fujito, Tsutomu ^a   Sasaki, Yo ^a   Iwao, Kyoko ^b   Miyoshi, Yasuo ^b   Yamada, Terumasa ^a   Ohigashi, Hiroaki ^a   Ishikawa, Osamu ^a   Imaoka, Shingi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

catenin; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Multivariate analysis; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; STAINING AND LABELING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 3042662347     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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