Elevated plasma levels of TGF-beta1 in patients with locally advanced breast cancer related to other clinical stages

Archive of Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 131-133

  Todorovic Rakovic, Natasa ^a   Ivanović, Vesna ^b   Demajo, Miroslav ^b   Neskovic Konstantinovic, Zora ^a   Nikolić Vokosavljević, Dragica ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ONCOLOGY AND RADIOLOGY OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Biological; Breast Neoplasms; Neoplasm Staging; Transforming Growth Factor beta; Tumor Markers

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0344011567     PISSN: 03547310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/AOO0303131T     Document Type: Conference Paper

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