Abstract:Background: Snail, an inducer of the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) increases motility and invasiveness of cancer cells by repressing E-cadherin expression. We investigate the relationship between Snail expression and clinicopathological parameters, and evaluate its prognostic significance in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Methods: Three hundred thirty-two patients treated with transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TURBT) between October 2002 and July 2010 were hi… Show more
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