mRNA markers of breast cancer nodal metastases: Comparison between mammaglobin and carcinoembryonic antigen in 248 patients

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 186-190

  Marchetti, Antonio ^a,b,c   Buttitta, Fiamma ^a   Bertacca, Gloria ^a   Zavaglia, Katia ^b   Bevilacqua, Generoso ^a   Angelucci, Domenico ^a   Viacava, Paolo ^a   Naccarato, Antonio ^a   Bonadio, Angelo ^b   Barassi, Fabio ^a   Felicioni, Lara ^a   Salvatore, Simona ^a   Mucilli, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Molecular Pathology Section   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinoembryonic antigen; Carcinoma; Mammaglobin; Metastasis; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CK19 PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MAMMAGLOBIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUC 1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN P97; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CELL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMETER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTEROGLOBIN;

EID: 0034805973     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.943     Document Type: Article

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