Expression and Prognostic Relevance of Mcl-1 in Breast Cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2 A, 2004, Pages 473-482

  O'Driscoll, Lorraine ^a   Cronin, D ^a   Kennedy, S M ^b,c   Purcell, R ^b,c   Linehan, R ^a   Glynn, S ^a   Larkin, A ^a   Scanlon, K ^d   McDermott, E W ^c   Hill, A D ^c   O'Higgins, N J ^c   Parkinson, M ^a   Clynes, M ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b Dept Otolaryngol Hd Neck Surg   (Ireland)

^c ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Breast cancer; Disease relapse free survival; Immunohistochemistry; Mcl 1; Overall survival; Prognostic indicator; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN MCL 1;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 2442450642     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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