The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 5 , Pages 1029-1035, May 2008

Reduced membranous β-catenin protein expression is associated with metastasis and poor prognosis in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

  • Po-Kuei Hsu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Anna Fen-Yau Li, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Yi-Ching Wang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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  • Chih-Cheng Hsieh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Min-Hsiung Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Wen-Hu Hsu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Han-Shui Hsu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Han-Shui Hsu, MD, PhD, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan.

Received 10 July 2007; received in revised form 29 August 2007; accepted 9 November 2007.

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PII: S0022-5223(07)01853-3

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.11.007

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 5 , Pages 1029-1035, May 2008

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