Serum big endothelin-1 levels in female patients with breast cancer

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1119-1123

  Yildirim, Yesim ^a   Gunel, Nazan ^b   Coskun, Ugur ^b   Sancak, Banu ^b   Bukan, Neslihan ^b   Aslan, Sabahattin ^c   Cetin, Abdullah ^c  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Ankara Oncology Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Big endothelin 1; Breast cancer

Indexed keywords

BIG ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN 1; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SERUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 50949111886     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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