Expression of sialyl-Tn in breast cancer: Correlation with prognostic parameters

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 192, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1181-1186

  Soares, R ^a   Marinho, A ^a   Schmitt, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Carbohydrate antigens; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; ONCOGENE C ERB; PLOIDY; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030485053     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(96)80148-8     Document Type: Article

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