Heterotrimeric G-protein alpha-12 (Gα12) subunit promotes oral cancer metastasis
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Heterotrimeric G-protein alpha-12 (Gα12) subunit promotes oral cancer metastasis
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) has a propensity to spread to the cervical lymph nodes (LN). The presence of cervical LN metastases severely impacts patient survival, whereby the two-year survival for oral cancer patients with involved LN is ~30% compared to over 80% in patients with non-involved LN. Elucidation of key molecular mechanisms underlying OSCC metastasis may afford an opportunit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oncotarget
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1949-2553
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.2437