Expression of the CD44 variant isoforms 6 and 4/5 in breast cancer: Correlation with established prognostic parameters

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 125-135

  Regidor, P A ^a   Callies, R ^a   Regidor, M ^a   Gunthert U ^b   Zoller M ^c   Schindler, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; CD44v6 and v4 5; Metastasizing capacity; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN D; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HERMES ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS;

ANTIGENS, CD44; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CATHEPSIN D; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0030001013     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004040050113     Document Type: Article

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