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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Main Authors: Dalu Kong, Jun Liang, Rong Li, Shihai Liu, Jigang Wang, Kejun Zhang, Dong Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2012-07-01
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