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The influence of basal phenotype on the metastatic pattern of breast cancer.
Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) - 1 Feb 2008
Luck A A, Evans A J, Green A R, Rakha E A, Paish C, Ellis I O
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AIMS: To assess whether basal phenotype influences the metastatic pattern and survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The basal phenotype status of a well-characterised series of consecutive primary operable breast cancers (1868 cases) was ascertained using the basal cytokeratin markers CK5/6 and CK14. Follow-up data, including time, site and pattern of distant metastasis and...
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