Increased epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression in malignant mammary phyllodes tumors

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 441-448

  Tse, Gary M K ^a   Lui, Philip C W ^a   Vong, Joaquim S L ^a   Lau, Kin Mang ^a   Putti, Thomas C ^b   Karim, Rooshdiya ^c   Scolyer, Richard A ^c   Lee, C Soon ^c   Yu, Alex M C ^a   Ng, David C H ^a   Tse, Agnes K Y ^a   Tan, Puay Hoon ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Breast; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Immunohistochemistry; Phyllodes tumors

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CYSTOSARCOMA PHYLLOIDES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIGANDS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLLODES TUMOR; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 61449179385     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-0030-5     Document Type: Article

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