Detection of telomerase activity in breast masses by fine-needle aspiration

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 186-193

  Pearson, A Scott ^a   Gollahon, Lauren S ^a   O'Neal, Nancy C ^a   Saboorian, Hossein ^a   Shay, Jerry W ^a   Fahey III, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Fine needle aspiration; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032419009     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02303853     Document Type: Article

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