Lung Cancer
Volume 62, Issue 1 , Pages 105-112 , October 2008

Expression of excision repair cross-complementation group 1 and class III β-tubulin predict survival after chemotherapy for completely resected non-small cell lung cancer

  • Katsuhiro Okuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
  • ,
  • Hidefumi Sasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 52 853 8231; fax: +81 52 853 6440.
  • ,
  • Charles Dumontet

      Affiliations

    • Unite Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale 590, Laboratoire de Cytologie Analytique, Faculte de Medecine, Universite Claude Bernard, 8 Avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, Lyon, France
  • ,
  • Osamu Kawano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
  • ,
  • Haruhiro Yukiue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
  • ,
  • Tomoki Yokoyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
  • ,
  • Motoki Yano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
  • ,
  • Yoshitaka Fujii

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Immunology and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan

Received 8 January 2008 ,Revised 18 February 2008 ,Accepted 24 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2008.02.021

Lung Cancer
Volume 62, Issue 1 , Pages 105-112 , October 2008