CD274/PD-L1 gene amplification and PD-L1 protein expression are common events in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity

Oncotarget

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 12024-12034

  Straub, Melanie ^a   Drecoll, Enken ^a   Pfarr, Nicole ^a   Weichert, Wilko ^a,e,f   Langer, Rupert ^b   Hapfelmeier, Alexander ^c   Götz, Carolin ^d   Wolff, Klaus Dietrich ^d   Kolk, Andreas ^d   Specht, Katja ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e National Center of Tumor Diseases   (Germany)

^f GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Gene amplification; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; PD 1; PD L1

Indexed keywords

PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; CD274 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PD L1 GENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR CELL; AGED; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; B7-H1 ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84962791584     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.7593     Document Type: Article

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