Lack of PTEN expression in endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia is correlated with cancer progression

Human Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 555-561

  Baak, Jan Pieter Albert ^a,b,c   Van Diermen, Bianca ^a   Steinbakk, Anita ^a   Janssen, Emiel ^a   Skaland, Ivar ^a   Mutter, George L ^d   Fiane, Bent ^a   Løvslett, Kjell ^a  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

D score; EIN; Endometrial hyperplasia; Progression; PTEN; WHO94

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE INACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 20144384275     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.02.018     Document Type: Article

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