Debate: The biology of breast cancer in young women is unique

Oncologist

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Colleoni, Marco ^a   Anders, Carey K ^b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR INVASION;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877080879     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0118     Document Type: Note

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