Cancer-associated fibroblasts are associated with poor prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after surgery

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1896-1903

  Cheng, Yufeng ^a,b   Wang, Kai ^c   Ma, Wei ^d   Zhang, Xiaomei ^b   Song, Yipeng ^e   Wang, Jianbo ^b   Wang, Nana ^b   Song, Qingxu ^b   Cao, Fangli ^b   Tan, Bingxu ^b   Yu, Jinming ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QILU HOSPITAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY QINGDAO   (China)

^d NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e YANTAI YUHUANGDING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer associated fibroblasts; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Lymphatic vessel density; Microvessel density; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD34 ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER ASSOCIATED FIBROBLAST; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CAPILLARY DENSITY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION;

EID: 84926394066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19405901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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