Presence of epidermal growth factor receptor as an indicator of poor prognosis in patients with breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1985, Pages 1225-1228

  Sainsbury, J R C ^a   Malcolm, A J ^a   Appleton, D R ^a   Farndon, J R ^a   Harris, A L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CYTOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 0022374645     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.38.11.1225     Document Type: Article

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