Correlation of COX-2 and Ep-CAM overexpression in human invasive breast cancer and its impact on survival

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 574-578

  Spizzo, G ^a   Gastl, G ^a   Wolf, D ^a   Gunsilius, E ^a   Steurer, M ^a   Fong, D ^a   Amberger, A ^a   Margreiter, R ^a   Obrist, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; COX 2; Ep CAM; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037463230     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600741     Document Type: Article

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