Is Epstein-Barr virus associated with aggressive forms of breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1362-1363

  Khan, G ^a   Philip, P S ^a   Al Ashari, M ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DNA, VIRAL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 79954441501     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.99     Document Type: Letter

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