High incidence of oestrogen receptor negative progesterone receptor positive phenotype in Indian breast cancer: Fact or fiction?

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-201

  Navani, Sanjay ^a   Bhaduri, Anita S ^b  

^a BREACH CANDY HOSPITAL   (India)

^b P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Immunohistochemistry; Oestrogen receptor; Variation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; INDIA; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; METABOLISM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; INDIA; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 33746059047     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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