Demonstration of silver-stained nucleolar organizer region associated proteins (AgNORs) after wet autoclave pretreatment in breast carcinoma: Correlation to tumor stage and long-term survival

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-176

  Öfner, Dietmar ^a,b   Bier, Bert ^a   Heinrichs, Stefan ^a   Berghorn, Michael ^a   Dünser, Martina ^b   Hagemann, Heiner Alfred ^c   Langer, Dieter ^c   Böcker, Werner ^a   Schmid, Kurt W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

AgNORs; Breast cancer; Prognosis; Silver staining; Tumor stage; Wet autoclave pretreatment

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME NOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELAPSE; SILVER STAINING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0029809483     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01806183     Document Type: Article

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