Tissue expression of Squamous Cellular Carcinoma Antigen (SCCA) is inversely correlated to tumor size in HCC

Molecular Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Trerotoli, Paolo ^a   Fransvea, Emilia ^a   Angelotti, Umberto ^a   Antonaci, Giovanni ^a   Lupo, Luigi ^a   Mazzocca, Antonio ^a,b   Mangia, Anita ^c   Antonaci, Salvatore ^a   Giannelli, Gianluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE GIOVANNI PAOLO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA RELATED ANTIGEN; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA-RELATED ANTIGEN; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE;

AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SERPINS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 67649716677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14764598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-8-29     Document Type: Article

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