Expression of sialyl-Tn predicts the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy in node-positive breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1272-1275

  Miles, D W ^a   Happerfield, L C ^a   Smith, P ^a   Gillibrand, R ^a   Bobrow, L G ^a   Gregory, W M ^a   Rubens, R D ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARY CANCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STAINING;

ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INFILTRATING DUCT; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0028075832     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1994.486     Document Type: Article

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