Immunohistochemical detection of cathepsin D in low grade breast invasive cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4 A, 1997, Pages 2651-2655

  Lazaris, Andreas Ch ^a   Theodoropoulos, George E ^b   Diamantopoulos, Athanassios K ^b,c   Anastassopoulos, Panagiotis D ^b   Davaris, Panagiotis S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cathepsin D; Low grade

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN D; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PARAFFIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; STROMA CELL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CATHEPSIN D; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030809346     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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