Contactin 1 (CNTN1) expression associates with regional lymph node metastasis and is a novel predictor of prognosis in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-270

  Wu, He Ming ^a   Cao, Wei ^a   Ye, Dongxia ^a   Ren, Guo Xin ^a   Wu, Yu Nong ^b   Guo, Wei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contactin 1; Invasion; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CONTACTIN 1;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTACTIN 1; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863459879     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2012.910     Document Type: Article

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