Twist and snai1 expression in pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma stroma is related to cancer progression

BMC Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Jouppila Mättö, Anna ^a,b   Närkiö Mäkelä, Mervi ^a,b   Soini, Ylermi ^a,b   Pukkila, Matti ^a,b   Sironen, Reijo ^a,b   Tuhkanen, Hanna ^a,b   Mannermaa, Arto ^a,b   Kosma, Veli Matti ^a,b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma; Prognosis; SNAI1; Stromal cells; TWIST

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STROMA CELL; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 80051494453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-350     Document Type: Article

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