OBJECTIVES: Retinoblastoma (RB) is a highly malignant eye tumor with a low survival rate and a high metastatic rate. The current work was designed to investigate the potential roles of microRNA-144 (miR-144) in the diagnosis and prognosis of RB. METHODS: miR-144 expression levels in RB tissues and adjacent normal tissues, as well as serum samples from RB patients and healthy controls were measured. The associat...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:13:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2017-08-01; Background Endoscopically assisted selective neck dissection (SND) has recently been applied in clinical N0 cases of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). However, nothing is known of the immune response after surgery. Methods A total of 60 patients with cT1-2N0 OSCC randomly underwent endoscopically ass...