The effect of combined therapy on activity of cathepsin D and alpha-1-antitrypsin in the blood serum of women with cervical cancer

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 617-619

  Wozniak B ^a   Mila Kierzenkowska, Celestyna ^a   Wozniak A ^a   Drewa, G ^a   Soponska M ^a   Drewa, T ^a   Krzyzynska Malinowska E ^a   Makarewicz, R ^a   Kowalski, T ^a   Szmytkowska, K ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alpha 1 antitrypsin; Cathepsin D; Cervical cancer; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; CATHEPSIN D; CESIUM 137; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; COBALT TELETHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHEPSIN D; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 56749168118     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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