Overexpression of the cancer stem cell marker CD117 predicts poor prognosis in epithelial ovarian cancer patients: evidence from meta-analysis.

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Published in Onco Targets Ther on June 13, 2017

Authors

Bikang Yang1, Xuebing Yan2, Liguo Liu3, Chunyu Jiang4, Shuping Hou1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital.
2: Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University.
3: Department of General Surgery.
4: Deparment of Radiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

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