High expression of nuclear Snail, but not cytoplasmic staining, predicts poor survival in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2971-2979

  Luo, Wei Ren ^a,b   Li, Si Yi ^b   Cai, Long Mei ^a   Yao, Kai Tai ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CADHERINS; CARCINOMA; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867404032     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2347-x     Document Type: Article

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