Clinical significance of the quantitative assessment of the cytosolic concentration of HER-2/neu protein in breast cancer by immunoenzymatic assay (ELISA)

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 701-714

  Corte, Maria D ^a,b   Rodil, Juan A ^b   Vázquez, Julio ^a,b   García, Lucia ^c   Rodríguez, Juan C ^a,b   Bongera, Miguel ^b   Fernández, José C ^c   González, Luis O ^a,b   Lamelas, Ma Luz ^a,b   Allende, Maite ^a,c   García Muñiz, José L ^c   Fueyo, Antonio ^a   Vizoso, Francisco J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE JOVE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; c erbB 2; ELISA; Her 2 neu; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIRUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; ONCOPROTEIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOSOL; DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEMBRANE; ONCOGENE NEU; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CYTOSOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27644518419     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-005-0022-3     Document Type: Article

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