Is tumor-associated antigen 43-9F of prognostic value in squamous cell carcinoma of the lung . A retrospective immunohistochemical study?
Patients with 43-9F epitope-positive SLC tumors had a significantly (P less than 0.01) better prognosis than patients with epitope-negative tumors. In contrast, no association was seen between 43-9F epitope expression and survival time for patients with lung adenocarcinomas. Further, the prognostic value of 43-9F expression in SLC was found to be superior to the N-classification with the added advantage that it requires access only to primary tumor tissue and thus is available before therapy.
In the present study, we found a natural bacterial consortium with outstanding ethanol production performance, and revealed an efficient method with potentially broad applicability for further improving the ethanol production of natural bacterial consortia.