title: Epidermal growth factor in plasma and saliva of patients with active breast cancer and breast cancer patients in follow-up compared with healthy women.
abstract: We measure EGF in saliva and plasma from 52 patients with active breast cancer, 22 breast cancer patients in follow-up (non-active) and 33 healthy women. EGF concentrations in saliva were significantly higher in patients with active and non-active breast cancer than healthy women, whereas the opposite results were found in plasma. The highest values of EGF in saliva were found in the local recurrence subgroup.
authors.affiliation: Hormone Unit, Hospital Prínceps d'Espanya, Ciutat Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mesía
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Díez-Gibert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rueda
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ojeda
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Alonso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor