Snail expression is an independent predictor of tumor recurrence in superficial bladder cancers

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 591-596

  Bruyere, Franck ^a   Namdarian, Benjamin ^b   Corcoran, Niall M ^b   Pedersen, John ^c   Ockrim, Jeremy ^d   Voelzke, Bryan B ^e   Mete, Uttam ^f   Costello, Anthony J ^b   Hovens, Christopher M ^b  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Tissupath Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Recurrence; Slug; Snail; Transitional cell

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78149397646     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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