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Breast Cancer
Research from Catholic University, Medical Department provides new data on breast cancer
June 18th, 2009
"Oncoprotein HCCR-1 functions as a negative regulator of the p53 and contributes breast tumorigenesis. The serum HCCR-1 assay is useful in diagnosing breast cancer and mice transgenic for HCCR developed breast cancers," scientists writing in the journal BMC Cancer report. "But it is unknown how HCCR-1 contributes to human breast tumorigenesis. Oncogene HCCR-1 expression levels were determined in normal breast tissues, breast cancer tissues and cancer cell lines. We examined whether HCCR-1 protein expression in breast cancer is related to different biological characteristics, including ER, PR, p53 genotype, and HER2 status in 104 primary breast cancer tissues...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-06-18)
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