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Significance of serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha and its combination with HER-2 codon 655 polymorphism in the diagnosis and prognosis of breast cancer.
The International journal of biological markers - 1 Jan 2000
Papadopoulou Evropi, Tripsianis Gregory, Anagnostopoulos Konstantinos, Tentes Ioannis, Kakolyris Stylianos, Galazios Georgios, Sivridis Efthimios, Simopoulos Konstantinos, Kortsaris Alexandros
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PURPOSE: The present study was conducted to clarify the diagnostic and prognostic significance of TNF-alpha and its combination with HER-2 Ile655Val SNP in breast cancer. METHODS: In this case-control study, 56 consecutive patients with primary breast cancer were prospectively evaluated. The control group consisted of 45 healthy women. Serum concentrations of TNF-alpha were measured by quantitative sandwich...
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