Serum levels of matrix metalloproteinase 2 in patients with breast cancer

Cancer Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-82

  Sheen Chen, Shyr Ming ^a,b   Chen, Han Shiang ^a   Eng, Hock Liew ^a   Sheen, Chih Chi ^a   Chen, Wei Jen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Extracellular matrix; Gelatinase A; IV collagen; Matrix metalloproteinases 2

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GELATINASE A;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; ENZYME TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035829010     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(01)00657-7     Document Type: Article

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