Loss of expression of the PTEN gene protein product is associated with poor outcome in breast cancer

Modern Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 672-676

  Depowski, P L ^a   Rosenthal, S I ^a   Ross, J S ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Prognosis; PTEN

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GENE PRODUCT; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PROGNOSIS; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0034920457     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3880371     Document Type: Article

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