Promoter hypermethylation in male breast cancer: Analysis by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kornegoor, Robert ^a   Moelans, Cathy B ^a   Verschuur Maes, Anoek HJ ^a   Hogenes, Marieke CH ^b   de Bruin, Peter C ^c   Oudejans, Joost J ^d   van Diest, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory for Pathology East Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CDH13 GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; ESR1 GENE; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; MALE BREAST CANCER; MITOSIS; MSH6 GENE; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; PAX5 GENE; PAX6 GENE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; TUMOR VOLUME; WT1 GENE; ADULT; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84863432627     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr3220     Document Type: Article

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