MET and phosphorylated MET as potential biomarkers in lung cancer

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-354

  Tretiakova, Maria ^a   Salama, April K S ^b   Karrison, Theodore ^a   Ferguson, Mark K ^c   Husain, Aliya N ^a   Vokes, Everett E ^b   Salgia, Ravi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SECTION OF HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF); Lung cancer; Phosphorylated MET; Tyrosine kinase MET

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PHOSPHORYLATED MET; SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

EID: 83455234750     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JEnvironPatholToxicolOncol.v30.i4.70     Document Type: Article

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