Article
Basal cytokeratin expression in relation to immunohistochemical and clinical characterization in breast cancer patients with triple negative phenotype.
Tumori - 1 Jan 2000
Liu Zhe-Bin, Wu Jiong, Ping Bo, Feng Li-Qing, Di Gen-Hong, Lu Jin-Song, Shen Kun-Wei, Shen Zhen-Zhou, Shaol Zhi-Min
Abstract excerpt
AIMS AND BACKGROUND: To evaluate the immunohistochemical characterization of CK5/6 and CK17 and whether the expression level of the two markers was correlated with clinical outcome or pathological feature in triple negative (ER-, PR-, HER-2-) patients with breast cancer. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN: We carried out an immunohistochemical assay for CK5/6 and CK17 markers on formalin-fixed invasive carcinoma samples...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Breast Neoplasms
- Disease-Free Survival
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Keratin-17
- Keratin-5
- Keratin-6
