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Predictive value of CD44 and CD24 for prognosis and chemotherapy response in invasive breast ductal carcinoma.
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology - 1 Jan 2015
Chen Yanping, Song Jinlian, Jiang Yuhong, Yu Chundong, Ma Zhongliang
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OBJECTIVE: Cells with unique phenotypes and stem cell-like properties have been found to exist in breast cancer. The aim of the present study was to study the relationship of CD24, CD44, CD44(+)/CD24(-/low) and CD44(-)/CD24(+) tumor phenotypes' with clinico-pathological features, chemotherapy response and with prognosis. METHODS: The study included paraffin-embedded tissues of 140 primary and secondary invasive...
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