E-cadherin inactivation in lobular carcinoma in situ of the breast: An early event in tumerigenesis

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1131-1133

  Vos, C B J ^a   Cleton Jansen, A M ^a   Berx, G ^b   De Leeuw, W J F ^a   Ter Haar, N T ^a   Van Roy, F ^b   Cornelisse, C J ^a   Peterse, J L ^c   Van De Vijver, M J ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Ductal carcinoma in situ; Lobular carcinoma in situ; Loss of heterozygosity; Mutations

Indexed keywords

UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; GENE REPRESSION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030817611     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.523     Document Type: Article

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