Article
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-...
Topics
- Adult
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Breast Neoplasms
- Carcinoma
- Cohort Studies
- Disease-Free Survival
- Female
- Humans
- Italy
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Ki-67 Antigen
- Middle Aged
- Multivariate Analysis
- Neoplasm Staging
- Phenotype
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Prognosis
- Proportional Hazards Models
