Reduced expression of RASSF1A in esophageal and nasopharyngeal carcinomas significantly correlates with tumor stage

Cancer Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-205

  Lo, Paulisally Hau Yi ^a   Xie, Dan ^b   Chan, King Chi ^a   Xu, Fang Ping ^c   Kuzmin, Igor ^d   Lerman, Michael I ^e   Law, Simon ^f   Chua, Daniel ^f   Sham, Jonathan ^f   Lung, Maria Li ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; RASSF1A; Tissue microarray

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; RAS ASSOCIATION DOMAIN FAMILY PROTEIN 1A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 35148856846     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2007.07.018     Document Type: Article

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