Prognostic significance of ALDH1A1-positive cancer stem cells in patients with locally advanced, metastasized head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1151-1158

  Qian, Xu ^a,b   Wagner, Steffen ^c   Ma, Chenming ^a   Coordes, Annekatrin ^a   Gekeler, Julia ^d   Klussmann, Jens P ^c   Hummel, Michael ^a   Kaufmann, Andreas M ^a   Albers, Andreas E ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALDH1A1; Biomarker; Cancer stem cell; Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Overall survival; Prognosis; Progression; Twist1

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 1; PROTEIN P16; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TWIST1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STEM CELL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OROPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84904100580     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: 14321335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-014-1685-4     Document Type: Article

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