Expressions of connexin 32 and 26 and their correlation to prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer

Chinese Journal of Cancer

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-176

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Li, Hai Gang ^a   Fan, Miao Jing ^a   Lv, Zhi Qiang ^a   Shen, Xi Ming ^a   He, Xin Xin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical pathology; Connexins; Immunohistochemistry; Lung neoplasm; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 36;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 70349498417     PISSN: 1000467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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