Article
Frequency and mechanism of Lewis antigen expression in human urinary bladder and colon carcinoma patients.
British journal of cancer - 1 Apr 1991
Langkilde N C, Wolf H, Meldgård P, Orntoft T F
Abstract excerpt
Changes in the expression of Lewis antigens have been associated with cancer diseases, and recent results have pointed at a possible increased risk of cancer development among Lewis negative patients. The frequency of the erythrocyte Lewis phenotypes Le(a- b+), Le(a+ b-) and Le(a- b-) was analyse...
Topics
- ABO Blood-Group System
- Carbohydrate Sequence
- Colonic Neoplasms
- Erythrocytes
- Fucosyltransferases
- Humans
- Isoantigens
- Lewis Blood Group Antigens
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Neoplasm Staging
- Phenotype
- Urinary Bladder Neoplasms