Co-expression of TWIST1 and ZEB2 in oral squamous cell carcinoma is associated with poor survival

• Main Authors: Kong, Y.H., Syed Zanaruddin, S.N., Lau, S.H., Ramanathan, A., Kallarakkal, T.G., Chong, V.K.V., Wan Mustafa, W.M., Abraham, M.T., Rahman, Z.A.A., Zain, R.B., Cheong, S.C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2015
• Subjects: RK Dentistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/14375/1/journal.pone.0134045.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/14375/; http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0134045

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is an aggressive disease accounting for more than 260,000 cancer cases diagnosed and 128,000 deaths worldwide. A large majority of cancer deaths result from cancers that have metastasized beyond the primary tumor. The relationship between genetic changes and clini...