Low CAIX expression and absence of VHL gene mutation are associated with tumor aggressiveness and poor survival of clear cell renal cell carcinoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 395-400

  Patard, Jean Jacques ^a   Fergelot, Patricia ^a   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^b   Klatte, Tobias ^c   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^b   Rioux Leclercq, Nathalie ^a   Said, Jonathan W ^c,d   Belldegrun, Arie S ^c   Pantuck, Allan J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAIX; Prognosis; Renal cell carcinoma; Survival; VHL

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY M75; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CAIX; VON HIPPEL LINDAU PROTEIN; CA9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; TUMOR ANTIGEN; VHL PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; AGED; CANCER STAGING; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KIDNEY TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL;

AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VON HIPPEL-LINDAU TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

EID: 44949119410     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23496     Document Type: Article

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