Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 7 , Pages 536-542 , July 2010

Downstream targets of FOXM1: CEP55 and HELLS are cancer progression markers of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

  • Ahmad Waseem

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Clinical and Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Institute of Dentistry, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Turner Street, London E1 2AD, England, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Muhammad Ali

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Clinical and Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Institute of Dentistry, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Turner Street, London E1 2AD, England, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Edward W. Odell

      Affiliations

    • Head and Neck Oncology Group, King’s College London Dental Institute, Guy’s Hospital Campus, London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Farida Fortune

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Clinical and Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Institute of Dentistry, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Turner Street, London E1 2AD, England, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Muy-Teck Teh

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Clinical and Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Institute of Dentistry, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Turner Street, London E1 2AD, England, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Centre for Clinical & Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Barts & the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, 4, Newark Street, London E1 2AT, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 (0) 20 7882 7140; fax: +44 (0) 20 7882 7137.

Received 18 February 2010 ,Revised 18 March 2010 ,Accepted 18 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.03.022

Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 7 , Pages 536-542 , July 2010

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