Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is known as a stress-inducible protein. The presesnt study is designed to investigate the relationship between HO-1 expression levels and clinical features of tongue cancer by using HO-1 responsiveness to stress as a clinical indicator. One hundred and twelve biopsy samples from tongue squamous cell
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