Expression of erbB/HER receptors, heregulin and P38 in primary breast cancer using quantitative immunohistochemistry

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 171-177

  Esteva, Francisco J ^a   Hortobagyi, Gabriel N ^b   Sahin, Aysegul A ^c   Smith, Terry L ^d   Chin, Dot Mon ^c   Liang, Shang Ying ^a   Pusztai, Lajos ^b   Buzdar, Aman U ^c   Bacus, Sarah S ^d  

^a Departments of Breast Medical Oncology   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d Quantitative Diagnostics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological; Breast neoplasm; Immunohistochemistry; Ligands; Proto oncogenc proteins; Tumor markers

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUREGULIN-1; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0035224451     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03032345     Document Type: Article

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