Vimentin expression does not assist in predicting survival in ductal carcinoma of the breast

Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 230-232

  Heatley, M K ^a   Ewings, P ^b   Smee, W Odling ^b   Maxwell, P ^c   Toner, P G ^c  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Breast; Outcomes; Prognostic factors; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; ADULT; AGED; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0035985912     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020220131273     Document Type: Article

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