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ArticleOncology letters2019

Association between RNF2+P-AKT expression in pretreatment biopsy specimens, and poor survival following radiotherapy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Qiaofang Li, Shuguang Li, Xingxiao Yang, Xueyuan Zhang, Chunyang Song, Shuchai Zhu

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Article in Oncology letters, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qiaofang LiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050011, P.R. China.
Shuguang LiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050011, P.R. China.
Xingxiao YangDepartment of Infectious Disease, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050011, P.R. China.
Xueyuan ZhangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050011, P.R. China.
Chunyang SongDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050011, P.R. China.
Shuchai ZhuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050011, P.R. China.
Hebei Medical University · CNFourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The protein expression levels of Ring finger protein 2 (RNF2) and phosphor-protein kinase B (P-AKT) were determined in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) tissues, and the association between patient clinicopathological characteristics and survival time following definitive intensity-modulated radiotherapy was assessed. Cancerous biopsy tissues were collected from patients with ESCC at The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University between January 2010 and December 2013. Of these 99 cases, 83 were used to analyze the protein expression level of RNF2 (89.2% positive), 85 for P-AKT (65.9% positive) and 80 for RNF2+P-AKT protein expression levels (62.5% both positive). The expression levels of RNF2 protein in ESCC were associated with tumor volume (P=0.024), whilst those of P-AKT and RNF2+PAKT were associated with sex (P=0.041 and P=0.003, respectively). There were no significant differences in overall survival (OS) or progression-free survival (PFS) rate between the RNF2

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esophageal cancerphospho-protein kinase Bprognostic factorsradiotherapyRing finger protein 2survival

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