Significance of steroid sulfatase expression in human breast cancer

Breast Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 298-300

  Utsumi, Toshiaki ^a   Yoshimura, Noriko ^a   Maruta, Morito ^a   Takeuchi, Shinii ^b   Ando, Jiro ^c   Maeda, Kotaro ^a   Harada, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Marumo Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOCHIGI CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Prognosis; Relapse free survival; Steroid sulfatase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005772417     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02966443     Document Type: Conference Paper

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