HOXB7 expression is a prognostic factor for oral squamous cell carcinoma

Histopathology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 662-665

  Bitu, Caroline C ^a   Carrera, Manoela ^a   Lopes, Marcio A ^a   Kowalski, Luiz Paulo ^b   Soares, Fernando A ^c   Coletta, Ricardo D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology ^*  (Brazil)

^c A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOXB7 PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PEROXIDASE; STREPTAVIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DNA REPAIR; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETTER; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUTH CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STEM CELL;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84857357346     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.04102.x     Document Type: Letter

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