Cytological grading, apoptosis, and Bcl-2 protein expression in breast cancer

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 356-359

  Hemachandran, Manikkapurath ^a   Nijhawan, Raje ^a   Joshi, Kusum ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Grading

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREAST TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INFILTRATING DUCT; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; HUMANS;

PROTEIN BCL 2;

EID: 0035985956     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10105     Document Type: Article

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