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Alteration in protein expression in estrogen receptor alpha-negative human breast cancer tissues indicates a malignant and metastatic phenotype.
Clinical & experimental metastasis - 1 Oct 2010
Sahab Ziad J, Man Yan-Gao, Semaan Suzan M, Newcomer Robert G, Byers Stephen W, Sang Qing-Xiang Amy
Abstract excerpt
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) represents the earliest identifiable breast cancer lesion. Disruption of the myoepithelial cell layer and basement membrane is a prerequisite for DCIS to initiate invasion into the stroma. The majority of epithelial cells overlying a focally-disrupted myoepithelial cell layer are estrogen receptor-alpha negative (ER(-)); however, adjacent cells within the same duct confined by an...
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