Significance of CXCR4, phosphorylated STAT3 and VEGF-A expression in resected non-small cell lung cancer

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 517-522

  Wang, Meng ^a   Chen, Gong Yan ^a   Song, Hong Tao ^a   Hong, Xuan ^a   Yang, Zhao Yang ^a   Sui, Guang Jie ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C X C chemokine receptor type 4; Immunohistochemistry; Non small cell lung cancer; Phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription 3; Prognosis; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; STAT3 PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 79953267058     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2011.235     Document Type: Review

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