Co-expression of keratinocyte growth factor and K-sam is an independent prognostic factor in gastric carcinoma

Oncology Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 875-880

  Toyokawa, Takahiro ^a   Yashiro, Masakazu ^a   Hirakawa, Kosei ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; K sam; Keratinocyte growth factor; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; FGFR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH CARCINOMA; AGED; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 7; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 2; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 67449094284     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or_00000297     Document Type: Article

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