Utility of serum and urine upar levels for diagnosis of breast cancer

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2887-2889

  Soydinc, Hilal Oguz ^a   Duranyildiz, Derya ^a   Guney, Nese ^a   Derin, Duygu ^a   Yasasever, Vildan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biochemical markers; Breast cancer; Cancer biomarkers; Invasion and metastasis; Tumor markers; uPAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874103303     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.6.2887     Document Type: Article

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