Prognostic significance of gamma-glutamyltransferase in patients with endometrial cancer: A multi-centre trial

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1551-1555

  Seebacher, V ^a   Polterauer, S ^a   Grimm, C ^a   Rahhal, J ^a   Hofstetter, G ^b   Bauer, E M ^b   Husslein, H ^c   Leipold, H ^c   Marth, C ^b   Reinthaller, A ^a   Concin, N ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; endometrial cancer; gamma glutamyltranspeptidase; gamma glutamyltransferase; glutathione; prognosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84860234594     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.16     Document Type: Article

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