Immunohistochemical evaluation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression in primary breast cancer

Breast

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 230-235

  Loibl, S ^a   Strank, C ^a   von Minckwitz, G ^a   Sinn, H P ^b   Buck, A ^a   Solbach, C ^a   Strebhardt, K ^a   Kaufmann, M ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide; NO; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 19644382147     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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