Decreased Kruppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) expression may correlate with poor survival in gastric adenocarcinoma

Medical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Hsu, Li Sung ^a,b   Chan, Chien Pin ^c   Chen, Chih Jung ^c,d   Lin, Shu Hui ^c,d   Lai, Ming Tsung ^a,b   Hsu, Jeng Dong ^a,b   Yeh, Kun Tu ^a,c   Soon, Maw Soan ^c,e,f  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d JEN TEH JUNIOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^f CHIENKUO TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gastric adenocarcinoma; Immunohistochemical stain; Kruppel like factor 4

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY; ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARCINOGENESIS; GENETICS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84891838819     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-013-0632-6     Document Type: Article

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