Prognostic value of the immunohistochemical detection of cancer-associated fibroblasts in oral cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Mauricio Rocha DouradoEliete Neves da Silva GuerraTuula SaloDaniel W LambertRicardo Della Coletta

Published in: Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology (2017)

The presence of CAF, as assessed by α-SMA-positive fibroblasts in the stroma, indicates poor prognosis in patients with OSCC.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
long non coding rna
extracellular matrix
loop mediated isothermal amplification