Oral Oncology
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 496-500 , May 2004

Correlation of S100A4 expression with invasion and metastasis in oral squamous cell carcinoma

  • Makiko Moriyama-Kita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kanazawa University, Graduate School of Medicine, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan
    • Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920-0934, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kanazawa University, Graduate School of Medicine, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan. Tel.: +81-76-265-2444; fax: +81-76-234-4522
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  • Yoshio Endo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920-0934, Japan
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  • Yutaka Yonemura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastric Cancer, Shizuoka Cancer Center, 1007 Shimo-nagakubo, Kagaizumimachi, Suntougun, Shizuoka 411-0934, Japan
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  • Claus W Heizmann

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Pediatrics, University of Zürich, Steinwiesstr. 75, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland
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  • Beat W Schäfer

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Pediatrics, University of Zürich, Steinwiesstr. 75, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland
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  • Takuma Sasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920-0934, Japan
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  • Etsuhide Yamamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kanazawa University, Graduate School of Medicine, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan

Received 5 September 2003 ,Accepted 14 October 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2003.10.003

Oral Oncology
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 496-500 , May 2004

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