Expression of Epithelial Cadherin, β-Catenin and p53 Protein in Human Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Relationships with Tumor Progression and Prognosis
Background Esophageal carcinoma was generally considered one of the most extremely aggressive carcinomas with dismal prognosis identified thus far, Previous studies have shown status of intercellular adherens junction played a pivotal role in tumor growth, invasion, metastasis and prognosis. Different expression of adhesion molecules could reflect biologic characteristics of tumor and their detection were conducive to predict and evaluate risk of relapse and metastasis of postoperative esophagea...