Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 268-276 , May 2009

The expression of Twist has an impact on survival in human bladder cancer and is influenced by the smoking status

  • Marie E. Fondrevelle, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Saint-Jacques, Besançon, France
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  • Bernadette Kantelip, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Saint-Jacques, Besançon, France
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  • Robert E. Reiter, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Jonsson Comprehensive Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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  • Dominique K. Chopin, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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  • Jean P. Thiery, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institut Curie, UMR 144 CNRS (Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique), Paris, France
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  • Franck Monnien, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Saint-Jacques, Besançon, France
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  • Hugues Bittard, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Saint-Jacques, Besançon, France
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  • Hervé Wallerand, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Pellegrin-Tripode, Bordeaux, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 5 56 79 55 35; fax: +33 5 56 79 56 51

Received 17 October 2007 ,Revised 17 December 2007 ,Accepted 17 December 2007.

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☆ This work was supported by a grant from Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer (LNCC).

PII: S1078-1439(07)00355-9

doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2007.12.012

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 268-276 , May 2009

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