Association of Kruppel-like factor 4 expression with the prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6679-6685

  Ma, Ming Quan ^a,b   Zhang, Hong Dian ^a,b   Tang, Peng ^a,b   Jiang, Hong Jing ^a,b   Chen, Chuan Gui ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF CANCER PREVENTION AND THERAPY   (China)

Author keywords

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Kruppel like factor 4; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; TUMOR MARKER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TIME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84912114638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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