Is estrogen receptor study useful in prognostication of breast cancer patients in India?

Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-39

  Sarkar, Diptendra K ^a   Lahiri, Somdatta ^b   Pandey, Sushil ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Estrogen receptor status; Immunohistochemistry; Nottingham prognostic index; Predictive and prognostic role; Prognostic outcome in Indian patients

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84862855595     PISSN: 09757651     EISSN: 09766952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13193-010-0009-7     Document Type: Article

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