Article
Breast tumor immunophenotype of BRCA1-mutation carriers is influenced by age at diagnosis.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Jul 2001
Vaziri S A, Krumroy L M, Elson P, Budd G T, Darlington G, Myles J, Tubbs R R, Casey G
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Breast tumors of BRCA1 mutation carriers and those of early onset breast cancer cases share similar histological features, being generally high-grade, highly proliferative, aneuploid tumors that are predominantly estrogen- and progesterone-receptor negative. Because histological features...
Topics
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- BRCA1 Protein
- Breast Neoplasms
- Cyclin D1
- Cyclin E
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Family Health
