Prognostic value of proliferation in invasive breast cancer: A review

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 675-681

  Van Diest, P J ^a   Van Der Wall, E ^a   Baak, J P A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b SIR Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CYCLIN A; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABELING INDEX; MAMMOGRAPHY; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MITOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITOTIC INDEX; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 3142630226     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2003.010777     Document Type: Review

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