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Increased expression of osteopontin in patients with triple-negative breast cancer.
European journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jun 2008
Wang X, Chao L, Ma G, Chen L, Tian B, Zang Y, Sun J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients with triple-negative [oestrogen receptor (ER) negative, progesterone receptor (PR) negative, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2/neu) negative] breast cancer, accounting for about 15% of breast cancer cases, are associated with aggressive histology, poor prognosis and shorter survival. Osteopontin is a chemokine-like phosphorylated glycoprotein that plays important role in...
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