Snail is an independent prognostic indicator for predicting recurrence and progression in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 289-293

  Gou, Yuancheng ^a   Ding, Weihong ^a   Xu, Ke ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Chen, Zhongqing ^a   Tan, Jun ^b   Xia, Guowei ^a   Ding, Qiang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EMT; Immunohistochemistry; NMIBC; Prognosis; Snail

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UVOMORULIN; SNAIL FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL MOTILITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; NON MUSCLE INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER; PATHOLOGY; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TUMOR INVASION; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

AGED; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84925535737     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-014-0874-z     Document Type: Article

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