Smad4 may help to identify a subset of colorectal cancer patients with early recurrence after curative therapy

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 58, Issue 112, 2011, Pages 1933-1936

  Ahn, Byung Kyu ^a   Jang, Si Hyong ^a   Paik, Seung Sam ^a   Lee, Kang Hong ^a  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Colorectal cancer; Prognosis; Smad4

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863251477     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5754/hge11186     Document Type: Article

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