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Prognostic value of Bcl-2 in two independent populations of estrogen receptor positive breast cancer patients treated with adjuvant endocrine therapy

Mathilde S Larsen, Karsten Bjerre, Anita Giobbie-Hurder, Anne-Vibeke Lænkholm, Katrine L Henriksen, Bent Ejlertsen, Anne Elisabeth Lykkesfeldt, Birgitte B Rasmussen

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Abstract

Estrogen receptor (ER) status is not an optimal marker for response to adjuvant endocrine therapy since approximately 30% of patients with ER-positive tumors eventually relapse. Bcl-2 is regulated by ER and may thus be considered as an indicator of ER activity and a candidate supplementary marker to ER status.
Original languageEnglish
JournalActa Oncologica
Volume51
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)781-9
Number of pages9
ISSN0284-186X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Keywords

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Grading
  • Prognosis
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
  • Receptor, erbB-2
  • Receptors, Estrogen
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Survival Rate
  • Tamoxifen
  • Tissue Array Analysis

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