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Breast Cancer
Protein fragment may help predict breast cancer outcome
February 9th, 2006
Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researchers have identified a protein fragment in some human breast cancers that may help predict a patient's chances of survival. The presence of the fragment, called p95HER-2, in breast cancer tissue correlates closely with lymph node metastasis and earlier recurrence of the disease, suggesting that p95HER-2 is a marker and perhaps even involved in metastasis. "By studying this marker we have a better chance to identify the patients who are more likely to have a longer disease-free survival," said Edward Keenan, PhD, one of the authors of the study. Keenan is professor of physiology and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-09)
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