J Korean Breast Cancer Soc.  1998 Jun;1(1):45-53. 10.4048/jkbcs.1998.1.1.45.

Prognostic Significance of Cathepsin-D Expression in Breast Cancer

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  • 1Department of Surgery and Patholog1, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Pusan, Korea.

Abstract

Mouse monoclonal antibody was used for this study. This study was undertaken to define the prognostic value of the expression of Cathepsin-D in 121 breast cancer patients. The results were as follows: 1) Overall, 53.7% of patients were positive for Cathepsin-D 2) Positive staining did not correlate with age, estrogen receptor status,tumor size, axillary nodal status, tumor stage, menopausal status, pathologic grade, DNA ploidy and S-phase fraction.

Keyword

Breast cancer; Cathepsin-D

MeSH Terms

Animals
Breast Neoplasms*
Breast*
DNA
Estrogens
Humans
Mice
Ploidies
DNA
Estrogens
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