The Met oncogene and basal-like breast cancer: Another culprit to watch out for?

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Gastaldi, Stefania ^a   Comoglio, Paolo M ^a   Trusolino, Livio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMUVATINIB; ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; BRCA1 PROTEIN; CAPMATINIB; CARBOPLATIN; CETUXIMAB; CRIZOTINIB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FICLATUZUMAB; FORETINIB; GEFITINIB; GLESATINIB; IRINOTECAN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RILOTUMUMAB; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; TEPOTINIB; TIVANTINIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRASTUZUMAB; Y BOX BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA; ASTROCYTOMA; BASAL LIKE BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CELL; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RESISTANCE; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOBLASTOMA; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 POSITIVE BREAST CANCER; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; MET ONCOGENE; METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOUSE MODEL; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PERITONEUM CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER; TUMOR GROWTH; ANIMAL; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST TUMOR; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS, BASAL CELL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79952278291     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr2617     Document Type: Review

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