The role of phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (pSTAT3) in peripheral nerve sheath tumours
Panse G, Leung CH, Ingram DR, Wani K, Torres KE, Lin H, Lazar AJ, Wang W. The role of phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (pSTAT3) in peripheral nerve sheath tumours. Histopathology 2017, 70: 946-953. PMID: 27992966, DOI: 10.1111/his.13154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMalignant peripheral nerve sheath tumorDisease-specific overall survivalEvent-free survivalPrimary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumorPeripheral nerve sheath tumorsWorse event-free survivalKaplan-Meier methodNegative prognostic factorNerve sheath tumorsLog-rank testPeripheral nerve sheathParaffin-embedded tissue microarrayPhosphorylated STAT3 expressionPhosphorylated signal transducerMetastatic diseaseOverall survivalPrognostic factorsSheath tumorsAggressive diseaseNerve sheathPro-oncogenic transcription factorPrimary tumorDisease onsetTissue microarrayImmunohistochemical analysis