Invasive breast cancer: Recognition of molecular subtypes

Breast Care

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 258-264

  Strehl, Johanna D ^a   Wachter, David L ^a   Fasching, Peter A ^a   Beckmann, Matthias W ^a   Hartmann, Arndt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal type; HER2; Invasive breast cancer; Luminal type; Molecular subtypes

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P53; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DNA MICROARRAY; EPITHELIUM BASAL CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOMIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAMMARY GLAND FUNCTION; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

EID: 80052909709     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331339     Document Type: Review

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