Topoisomerase II alpha gene copy loss has adverse prognostic significance in ERBB2-amplified breast cancer: A retrospective study of paraffin-embedded tumor specimens and medical charts

Journal of Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Usha, Lydia ^a   Tabesh, Bita ^a   Morrison, Larry E ^b   Rao, Ruta D ^a   Jacobson, Kris ^b   Zhu, April ^c   Basu, Sanjib ^d   Coon, John S ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Abbott Molecular Inc   (United States)

^c Midwest Palliative and Hospice CareCenter   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE II ALPHA; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 17; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; PROTO ONCOGENE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II, EUKARYOTIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, ERBB-2; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70149118628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17568722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-8722-1-12     Document Type: Article

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