Correlation between connexin 26 expression and poor prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1704-1710

  Inose, Takanori ^a   Kato, Hiroyuki ^a   Kimura, Hitoshi ^a   Faried, Ahmad ^a   Tanaka, Naritaka ^a   Sakai, Makoto ^a   Sano, Akihiko ^a   Sohda, Makoto ^a   Nakajima, Masanobu ^a   Fukai, Yasuyuki ^a   Miyazaki, Tatsuya ^a   Masuda, Norihiro ^a   Fukuchi, Minoru ^a   Kuwano, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONNEXINS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349235511     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0443-3     Document Type: Article

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