MicroRNA and inflammatory gene expression as prognostic marker for overall survival in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2901-2909

  Zhao, Yiqiang ^a   Schetter, Aaron J ^a   Yang, Geoffrey B ^a,b   Nguyen, Giang ^a,b   Mathé, Ewy A ^a   Li, Peng ^c,d   Cai, Hong ^e   Yu, Lei ^a,f   Liu, Fangfang ^e   Hang, Dong ^e   Yang, Haijun ^g   Wang, Xin Wei ^a   Ke, Yang ^e   Harris, Curtis C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^f FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g Anyang Cancer Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; inflammations; microRNA; prognostic classifier

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 18; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 146B; MICRORNA 155; MICRORNA 181B; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 223; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY61 GENE; CTGF GENE; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; IL 18 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICRORNAS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84876130939     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27954     Document Type: Article

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