E-Cadherin as a diagnostic biomarker in breast cancer

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Authors

Rajeev Singhai · Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals

Vinayak Patil · Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals

Shital Patil · Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals

Mukund Patil · Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals

Abstract

E-cadherin immunohistochemistry is helpful in classifying breast cancer cases with indeterminate histopathologic features. E-cadherin loss is uncommon in non-lobular carcinomas but shows no correlation to currently established prognostic variables.

Topics & Keywords

Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer Cancer Cells and Metastasis Breast Lesions and Carcinomas

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volume 3, Issue 5, pp. 227-233

DOI: 10.4297/najms.2011.3227

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