Stem cell-associated genes are extremely poor prognostic factors for soft-tissue sarcoma patients

Oncogene

Volumn 26, Issue 50, 2007, Pages 7170-7174

  Taubert, H ^a   Wurl P ^b   Greither, T ^a   Kappler, M ^a   Bache, M ^a   Bartel, F ^a   Kehlen, A ^c   Lautenschlager C ^a   Harris, L C ^d   Kaushal, D ^d   Fussel S ^e   Meye, A ^e   Bohnke A ^a   Schmidt, H ^a   Holzhausen, H J ^a   Hauptmann, S ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c PROBIODRUG AG   (Germany)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hiwi; hTERT; Prognosis; Soft tissue sarcoma; Stem cell associated genes; Survivin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HIWI GENE; HTERT GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVIN GENE; TUMOR GROWTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINS; SARCOMA; TELOMERASE;

EID: 35848945105     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210530     Document Type: Article

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