Expression of cell-cycle regulators p27(Kip1) and cyclin E, alone and in combination, correlate with survival in young breast cancer patients

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 222-225

  Porter, Peggy L ^a,b   Malone, Kathleen E ^b   Heagerty, Patrick J ^b,c   Alexander, Gail M ^a   Gatti, Laura A ^a   Firpo, Eduardo J ^b   Daling, Janet R ^b   Roberts, James M ^b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; PROTEIN P27;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOSIS INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P27; CYCLINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, CDC; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0031048716     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0297-222     Document Type: Article

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