Functional assay for HER-2/neu demonstrates active signalling in a minority of HER-2/neu-overexpressing invasive human breast tumours

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 802-806

  DiGiovanna, M P ^a   Carter, D ^a   Flynn, S D ^a   Stern, D F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Her 2 neu c erbB 2; Oncogene; Prognostic factor; Receptor tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CELL INVASION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; ONCOGENE; ONCOGENE NEU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029741999     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.439     Document Type: Article

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