Expression of gonadotrophin releasing hormone receptor I is a favorable prognostic factor in epithelial ovarian cancer

Human Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1197-1204

  Wilkinson, S J ^a   Kucukmetin, A ^a   Cross, P ^b   Darby, S ^a   Gnanapragasam, V J ^a   Calvert, A H ^a   Robson, C N ^a   Edmondson, R J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GnRH II; GnRHR I; Immunohistochemistry; Ovarian cancer; Tissue microarray

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR 1; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY CANCER; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, LHRH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 47749123797     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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