Article
Basal phenotype identifies a poor prognostic subgroup of breast cancer of clinical importance.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Dec 2006
Rakha Emad A, El-Rehim Dalia Abd, Paish Claire, Green Andrew R, Lee Andrew H S, Robertson John F, Blamey Roger W, Macmillan Douglas, Ellis Ian O
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is recognised to be a heterogeneous disease with a range of morphological appearances and behaviours. The recently recognised basal phenotype (BP) is associated with poor survival, but the clinical implications of this class of breast cancers remain to be adequately defi...
Topics
- Aged
- Breast Neoplasms
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
- Disease-Free Survival
- Female
- Humans
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Phenotype
- Prognosis