P-cadherin expression predicts clinical outcome in oral squamous cell carcinomas

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1089-1099

  Muzio, Lorenzo Lo ^a,f   Pannone, G ^b   Mignogna, M D ^b   Staibano, S ^b   Mariggio M A ^c   Rubini, C ^a   Procaccini, M ^a   Dolci, M ^d   Bufo, P ^e   De Rosa, G ^b   Piatelli, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^f NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; P cadherin

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; P CADHERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 6344292376     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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