PTCH gene expression as a potential marker for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Anticancer Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1 A, 2006, Pages 195-198

  Ishiyama, Akiharu ^a   Hibi, Kenji ^a   Koike, Masahiko ^a   Fujiwara, Michitaka ^a   Kodera, Yasuhiro ^a   Ito, Katsuki ^a   Nakao, Akimasa ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; PTCH

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PTCH GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 32144431622     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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