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Breast Cancer
Glut-1 expression is not predictive of race-specific breast cancer recurrence
December 15th, 2005
A recent study showed that measurement of Glut-1 expression is not predictive of race-specific recurrence for breast cancer. "African-American women (AAW) have more adverse tumor characteristics than non-African American women (non-AAW) and there is a need for a specific predictive marker for AAW recurrence," stated researchers in the United States. "Tumors with higher grade and proliferative activity are associated with overexpression of the glucose transporter (Glut-1)." "An examination of Glut-1 expression relative to recurrence and no recurrence was conducted on both groups to determine if it predicts prognosis and could predict a race specific...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-15)
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