[New factors of possible prognostic value in breast cancer].
Over the past 10 years, we have witnessed a variety of potential prognostic factors of breast cancer including proliferative rate, ploidy, growth factor receptors, oncogenes and cathepsin D production. Some of these variables seem to predict the prognosis of the patients but the available data are conflicting and call for carefully conducted quality-control studies to analyze intra- and interlaboratory variations. In this review, we provided a framework from which prognostic factor information can be used directly to make treatment decisions.
Inaji
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Dept. of Surgery, Center for Adult Diseases, Osaka, Japan.
Motomura
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Noguchi
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Yamamoto
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Koyama
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D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D011003:Ploidies; D011379:Prognosis; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D016196:S Phase
D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D066246:ErbB Receptors