Does estrogen receptor-negative/progesterone receptor-positive breast carcinoma exist? [3]

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 335-336

  De Maeyer, Leen ^a   Van Limbergen, Erik ^a   De Nys, Katelijne ^a   Moerman, Philippe ^a   Pochet, Nathalie ^a   Hendrickx, Wouter ^a   Wildiers, Hans ^a   Paridaens, Robert ^a   Smeets, Ann ^a   Christiaens, Marie Rose ^a   Vergote, Ignace ^a   Leunen, Karin ^a   Amant, Frederic ^a   Neven, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349084668     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.8411     Document Type: Letter

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