Prognostic relevance of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and proliferation in surgically treated primary parotid gland cancer

Conclusions Our findings indicate that activation of the EMT pathway is a relevant explanation for tumour progression in individual histological subtypes of malignant parotid gland lesions, but by far not in all. Evidence of EMT activation in PGC cannot be seen as an isolated prognostic factor.
Source: Journal of Clinical Pathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Tags: Head and neck cancer Original article Source Type: research