Proteoglycan-based diversification of disease outcome in head and neck cancer patients identifies NG2/CSPG4 and syndecan-2 as unique relapse and overall survival predicting factors

BMC Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Farnedi, Anna ^a   Rossi, Silvia ^b   Bertani, Nicoletta ^b   Gulli, Mariolina ^b   Silini, Enrico Maria ^b   Mucignat, Maria Teresa ^c   Poli, Tito ^b   Sesenna, Enrico ^b   Lanfranco, Davide ^b   Montebugnoli, Lucio ^d   Leonardi, Elisa ^a   Marchetti, Claudio ^e   Cocchi, Renato ^f,g   Ambrosini Spaltro, Andrea ^a   Foschini, Maria Pia ^a   Perris, Roberto ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomarker; NG2 CSPG4; Proteoglycans; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tumour relapse

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN CSPG4; PROTEIN GPC1; PROTEIN GPC2; PROTEIN GPC3; PROTEIN GPC5; PROTEIN GPC6; PROTEIN NG2; PROTEIN SDC1; PROTEIN SDC2; PROTEIN SDC3; PROTEIN SDC4; PROTEOGLYCAN; SYNDECAN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIGEN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN 4; CSPG4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; INTERNALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUTH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROTEOGLYCANS; SYNDECAN-2; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938965536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1336-4     Document Type: Article

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