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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-1
pubmed:abstractText
To evaluate the clinical potential of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (e-NOS) in human breast cancer, we performed immunohistochemical (IHC) staining of paraffin-embedded primary breast cancer tissue of 163 patients for e-NOS using a monoclonal antibody. A correlation was found between e-NOS expression and both the classic prognostic factors and survival rates. Under half the patients were premenopausal (38.5%), 61.5% being postmenopausal. The median tumour size was 2 cm; in 41.7% of the patients there was involvement of the axillary lymph nodes. Most (84.1%) of the tumours were hormone receptor positive. e-NOS staining was positive in 62%, most of the positive tumours having weak (32.5%) or medium (21.5%) staining for e-NOS. The median follow-up time was 42 months, during which 46 (28%) patients had a local recurrence or metastatic disease. A positive correlation of e-NOS with the hormone receptor status was found (P=0.031). However, no impact on survival rates was observed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0960-9776
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
230-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunohistochemical evaluation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression in primary breast cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Johann-Wolfgang Goethe-University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. loibl@em.uni-frankfurt.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article