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Aberrant expression of EZH2 is associated with a poor outcome and P53 alteration in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus.
International journal of oncology - 1 Feb 2011
Yamada Atsushi, Fujii Satoshi, Daiko Hiroyuki, Nishimura Mitsuyo, Chiba Tsutomu, Ochiai Atsushi
Abstract excerpt
EZH2 and BMI1 are transcriptional repressors and have been implicated in the progression of human cancers. Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (ESCC) is one of the most aggressive carcinomas in the gastrointestinal tract and generally has an unfavorable outcome. In the present study, we immunohistochemically investigated the expression of EZH2 and BMI1 in 136 surgically resected ESCCs and adjacent...
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