Invasion Factors uPA/PAI-1 and HER2 Status Provide Independent and Complementary Information on Patient Outcome in Node-Negative Breast Cancer
- 15 March 2003
- journal article
- breast cancer
- Published by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Vol. 21 (6) , 1022-1028
- https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2003.04.170
Abstract
Purpose: The independent clinical relevance of invasion factors urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA)/PAI-1 and HER2 status was evaluated in lymph node-negative breast cancer patients (N = 118...Keywords
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