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The Prognostic Value of Telomerase Expression in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Byung‐Joo Lee, Soo‐Geun Wang, Jin-Sik Choi, Jin‐Choon Lee, Eui‐Kyung Goh, Myung-Gu Kim

American Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2006 · 15 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

The detection of telomerase expression in PBMCs of head and neck cancer patients is a simple and very useful molecular marker for the progression and prognosis of head and neck cancer.

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