Expression analysis of the human kallikrein 7 (KLK7) in breast tumors: A new potential biomarker for prognosis of breast carcinoma

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 180-186

  Talieri, Maroulio ^a   Diamandis, Eleftherios P ^b,d   Gourgiotis, Dimitrios ^c   Mathioudaki, Kostandina ^a   Scorilas, Andreas ^c  

^a SAINT SAVVAS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; hK7; HSCCE; Kallikrein; KLK; KLK7; Prognosis; Tumor markers

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; KALLIKREIN; KALLIKREIN 7; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION;

EID: 1642515074     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/th03-05-0261     Document Type: Article

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