Overexpression of her-2/neu in human prostate cancer and benign hyperplasia

Cancer Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-189

  Gu, Kefeng ^a,b   Mes Masson, Anne Marie ^a   Gauthier, Jean ^b   Saad, Fred ^a,b  

^a Institut du Cancer de Montreal   (Canada)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Neu oncoprotein; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; ONCOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ONCOGENE NEU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0030046426     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(95)04061-7     Document Type: Article

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