Telomerase activity, and tissue polypeptide specific antigen (TPS) in Egyptian breast cancer patients

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 499-504

  Kassim, Samar K ^a   Fawzy, Hala ^a   El Rassad, Moustafa M ^a   Khalil, Fawzeya K ^a   Khalifa, Ali ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Invasive duct carcinoma; Non invasive duct carcinoma; Telomerase; Telomeric repeat amplification protocol; Tissue polypeptide specific antigen

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; TISSUE POLYPEPTIDE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EGYPT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EGYPT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PEPTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0034778632     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(01)00253-3     Document Type: Article

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