Gene expression analysis in Merkel cell polyomavirus-positive non-small cell lung cancer from Japanese patients

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3014-3015

  Hashida, Yumiko ^a   Imajoh, Masayuki ^a   Daibata, Masanori ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

ASIAN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GREECE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LETTER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 84885596751     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28305     Document Type: Letter

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