Assessment of apoptosis in human breast tissue using an antibody against the active form of caspase 3: Relation to tumour histopathological characteristics

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1522-1526

  Hadjiloucas, I ^a   Gilmore, A P ^a   Bundred, N J ^a   Streuli, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Breast cancer; Caspase 3; Mammary gland

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; ENZYME ANTIBODY; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES; APOPTOSIS; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS;

EID: 0035900797     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2001.2115     Document Type: Article

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