High circulating activin A level is associated with tumor progression and predicts poor prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma.

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Published in Oncotarget on March 22, 2016

Authors

Mir Alireza Hoda1,2, Anita Rozsas1,3, Elisabeth Lang2, Thomas Klikovits1, Zoltan Lohinai3, Szilvia Torok3, Judit Berta3, Matyas Bendek3, Walter Berger2, Balazs Hegedus1,4, Walter Klepetko1, Ferenc Renyi-Vamos5, Michael Grusch2, Balazs Dome1,3,5,6, Viktoria Laszlo1

Author Affiliations

1: Translational Thoracic Oncology Laboratory, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
2: Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
3: National Koranyi Institute of Pulmonology, Budapest, Hungary.
4: MTA-SE Molecular Oncology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
5: Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Institute of Oncology and Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
6: Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

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