Reduced E-cadherin expression is an indicator of unfavourable prognosis in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Oral Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-200

  Diniz Freitas, Márcio ^a,b   García Caballero, Tomás ^a   Antúnez López, José ^a   Gándara Rey, José Manuel ^a   García García, Abel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

E cadherin; Intercellular adhesion; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; ORAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM STAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 30844457289     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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