Expression of E-cadherin in 230 infiltrating ductal breast carcinoma: Relationship to clinicopathological features

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1207-1212

  Gamallo, Carlos ^a   Palacios, José ^a   Benito, Natividad ^a   Limeres, Miguel A ^a   Pizarro, Angel ^a   Suárez, Asunción ^a   Pastrana, Francisco ^a   Cano, Amparo ^b   Calero, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

breast carcinoma; differentiation; E cadherin; metastasis

Indexed keywords

UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029809304     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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