Expression of epidermal growth factor receptor mRNA and protein in primary breast carcinomas

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-176

  Walker, Rosemary A ^a,b   Dearing, Sheila J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; EGFR mRNA; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Oestrogen receptor

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PARAFFIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032927489     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006194700667     Document Type: Article

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