PTEN as a prognostic and predictive marker in postoperative radiotherapy for squamous cell cancer of the head and neck.

BACKGROUND: Tumor suppressor PTEN is known to control a variety of processes related to cell survival, proliferation, and growth. PTEN expression is considered as a prognostic factor in some human neoplasms like breast, prostate, and thyroid cancer. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In this study we a...

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Main Authors: Miroslaw Snietura, Magdalena Jaworska, Joanna Mlynarczyk-Liszka, Aleksandra Goraj-Zajac, Wojciech Piglowski, Dariusz Lange, Grzegorz Wozniak, Elzbieta Nowara, Rafal Suwinski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3296680?pdf=render