Cancer Letters
Volume 275, Issue 1 , Pages 61-71 , 8 March 2009

Morphogenesis and biological significance of spindle cell transformation in a spindle cell carcinoma

  • Eun Jung Kim

      Affiliations

    • Oral Cancer Research Institute, Department of Oral Pathology, Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University, College of Dentistry, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea
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  • Zhong Min Che

      Affiliations

    • Oral Cancer Research Institute, Department of Oral Pathology, Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University, College of Dentistry, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea
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  • Young Jin Park

      Affiliations

    • Oral Cancer Research Institute, Department of Oral Pathology, Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University, College of Dentistry, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea
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  • Young Sun Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Oral Cancer Research Institute, Department of Oral Pathology, Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University, College of Dentistry, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea
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  • Ki Yeol Kim

      Affiliations

    • Oral Cancer Research Institute, Department of Oral Pathology, Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University, College of Dentistry, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea
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  • Da Woon Jung

      Affiliations

    • Oral Cancer Research Institute, Department of Oral Pathology, Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University, College of Dentistry, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea
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  • Nam Kyung Jeon

      Affiliations

    • Electrotechnology Research Institute, Ansan, Republic of Korea
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  • Young Wook Choi

      Affiliations

    • Electrotechnology Research Institute, Ansan, Republic of Korea
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  • Eun Ju Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Daejeon Health Sciences College, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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  • Jin Kim

      Affiliations

    • Oral Cancer Research Institute, Department of Oral Pathology, Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University, College of Dentistry, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 2228 3031; fax: +82 2 392 2959.

Received 4 August 2008 ,Revised 25 September 2008 ,Accepted 1 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2008.10.004

Cancer Letters
Volume 275, Issue 1 , Pages 61-71 , 8 March 2009

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