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Prognostic relevance of basal cytokeratin expression in operable breast cancer.
Oncology - 1 Jan 2005
Potemski Piotr, Kusinska Renata, Watala Cezary, Pluciennik Elzbieta, Bednarek Andrzej K, Kordek Radzislaw
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether basal cytokeratin (CK5/6 or CK17) expression had an impact on survival in patients with operable breast cancer. METHODS: Expression of CK5/6 or CK17 was analyzed by immunohistochemistry in 195 women with breast cancer. RESULTS: In total, 72 (37%) tumor samples were regarded as being positive for CK5/6 or CK17. The basal-like phenotype as defined by basal cytokeratin expression,...
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