Prognostic role of STAT3 in solid tumors: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Oncotarget

Volumn 7, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 19863-19883

  Wu, Pin ^a   Wu, Dang ^a   Zhao, Lufeng ^a   Huang, Lijian ^a   Shen, Gang ^a   Huang, Jian ^a   Chai, Ying ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Disease free survival; Overall survival; Prognosis; Solid tumors; STAT3

Indexed keywords

STAT3 PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CHORDOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLIOMA; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; OSTEOSARCOMA; OVARY CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOLID TUMOR; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYMUS CANCER; TONGUE CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84964786832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.7887     Document Type: Article

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