Proliferative Activity in Primary Breast Carcinomas Is a Salient Prognostic Factor

Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 455-464

  Michels, Jean Jacques ^a   Marnay, Jacques ^a   Delozier, Thierry ^a   Denoux, Yves ^a   Chasle, Jacques ^a  

^a CENTRE FRANÇOIS BACLESSE   (France)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Flow cytometry; Grade; Ploidy; Proliferative activity; S phase

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HORMONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOSIS; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOTIC INDEX; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; S PHASE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 1642535372     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11916     Document Type: Review

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