Prognostic impact of mRNA levels of osteopontin splice variants in soft tissue sarcoma patients

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It is well known that osteopontin (OPN) plays an important role in tumor progression and that a high OPN expression level in several tumor entities correlates with poor prognosis in cancer patients. However, little is known about the...

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Main Authors: Hahnel Antje, Wichmann Henri, Greither Thomas, Kappler Matthias, Würl Peter, Kotzsch Matthias, Taubert Helge, Vordermark Dirk, Bache Matthias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-04-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/12/131