Transcriptional Activity of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Family and Angiogenesis Effectors in Locoregionally Recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Correlation with Patient Outcome

Locoregional recurrence is the most common failure pattern in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). We retrospectively identified 41 HNSCC patients with locoregional relapse and used kinetic reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (kRT-PCR) in order to study fresh-froz...

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Main Authors: George Pentheroudakis, Nikolaos Angouridakis, Ralph Wirtz, Angelos Nikolaou, Konstantine T. Kalogeras, Nicholas Pavlidis, George Fountzilas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Oncology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/854127