Multiple Drug Resistance-related Messenger RNA Expression in Archival Formalin-fixed Paraffin-embedded Human Breast Tumour Tissue

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 128-133

  O'Driscoll, L ^a   Kennedy, S ^b   McDermott, E ^b   Kelehan, P ^c   Clynes, M ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE); Multiple drug resistance (MDR); Paraffin embedded tissues (PET); Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR)

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; MESSENGER RNA; METHOTREXATE; PARAFFIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM;

EID: 0029915123     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(95)00552-8     Document Type: Article

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