Article
Loss of c-met protooncogene in primary and metastatic sites of breast cancer.
Annals of surgical oncology - 1 Sept 1997
Ng E H, Pey H B, Law H Y, Ng I, Ji C Y, Lin V, Soo K C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It has been proposed that clones of tumor cells acquire higher metastatic potential as a result of specific genetic alterations. This study was designed to determine the role of the c-met protooncogene in systemic spread by comparing the loss of the c-met protooncogene between primary...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Blotting, Southern
- Breast Neoplasms
- Carcinoma
- Combined Modality Therapy
- DNA Probes
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Female
- Humans
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met
- Retrospective Studies
