Immunohistochemical evaluation of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 and estrogen and progesterone receptors in breast carcinoma in Jordan

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Almasri, Nidal M ^a   Hamad, Mohammad Al ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; EGFR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JORDAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BREAST TUMOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROTO ONCOGENE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, ERBB-2; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JORDAN; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644874866     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr1200     Document Type: Article

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