Genetic alterations and protein expression of KIT and PDGFRA in serous ovarian carcinoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2048-2055

  Lassus, H ^a   Sihto, H ^a   Leminen, A ^a   Nordling, S ^b   Joensuu, H ^a   Nupponen, N N ^a   Butzow, R ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cystadenocarcinoma; KIT; Mutation; Ovarian neoplasms; PDGFRA; Serous

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, SEROUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 12344312294     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602252     Document Type: Article

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