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Breast Cancer
Reports from Fudan University highlight recent research in breast cancer
June 4th, 2009
"Aims and background. To evaluate the immunohistochemical characterization of CK5/6 and CK17 and whether the expression level of the two markers was correlated with clinical outcome or pathological feature in triple negative (ER-, PR-, HER-2-) patients with breast cancer," investigators in Shanghai, People's Republic of China report. "Methods and study design. We carried out an immunohistochemical assay for CK5/6 and CK17 markers on formalin-fixed invasive carcinoma samples from 112 patients who were diagnosed between 2000 and 2002. All of them had an immunohistochemical triple negative status and follow-Lip information available. Of the 112 patients characterized by...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-06-04)
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