Telomerase activity as a marker of breast carcinoma in fine-needle aspirated samples

Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 235-238

  Hiyama, Eiso ^a   Saeki, Toshiaki ^b   Hiyama, Keiko ^a   Takashima, Shigemitsu ^b   Shay, Jerry W ^c   Matsuura, Yuichiro ^a   Yokoyama, Takashi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Diagnostic accuracy; False negative; Fine needle aspiration; Telomerase; Telomeric repeat amplification protocol (TRAP)

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELOMERASE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034714384     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20000825)90:4<235::AID-CNCR6>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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