Decreased expression of Ep-CAM protein is significantly associated with the progression and prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinomas in Taiwan

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-93

  Hwang, Emily Ya Chi ^a   Yu, Chuan Hang ^b   Cheng, Shih Jung ^b,c   Chang, Julia Yu Fong ^b,c   Chen, Hsin Ming ^b,c   Chiang, Chun Pin ^b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epithelial cell adhesion molecule; Oral cancer; Oral dysplasia; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH MUCOSA; ORAL EPITHELIAL DYSPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; TAIWAN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149161847     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2008.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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