Prognostic significance of snail expression in hilar cholangiocarcinoma
Many patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HC) have a poor prognosis. Snail, a transcription factor and E-cadherin repressor, is a novel prognostic factor in many cancers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between snail and E-cadherin protein expression and the prognostic sign...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2012-07-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012000700008&lng=en&tlng=en |