Nestin is an independent predictor of cancer-specific survival after radical cystectomy in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder.

Nestin is an independent predictor of cancer-specific survival after radical cystectomy in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the association between the expression of nestin, a class VI intermediate filament protein, and pathologic features or survival in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB). METHODS: Nestin expression in tumor cells was immunohistochemically studied in 93 pat...

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Main Authors: Ken-ichi Tabata, Kazumasa Matsumoto, Sho Minami, Daisuke Ishii, Morihiro Nishi, Tetsuo Fujita, Makoto Saegusa, Yuichi Sato, Masatsugu Iwamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4008365?pdf=render

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