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Outcome evaluation in pre-trastuzumab era between different breast cancer phenotypes: a population-based study on Italian women.
Tumori - 1 Nov 2012
Cortesi Laura, De Matteis Elisabetta, Cirilli Claudia, Marcheselli Luigi, Proietto Manuela, Federico Massimo
Abstract excerpt
AIMS AND BACKGROUND: Based on estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PgR) and Her2/neu (HER2) expression, four breast cancer subtypes have been distinguished: luminal A (ER and/or PgR/HER2-, Ki67 <14%), luminal B (ER and/or PgR/HER2-, Ki67 ≥14% or ER and/or PgR/HER2), triple-negative (ER-/PgR-/HER2-), and HER2 (ER-/PgR-/HER2). Our aim was to evaluate the prognosis of these phenotypes in the...
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