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Abstract
Previous studies suggest a prognostic role for PDGF in patients with breast cancer, with patients with high plasma PDGF levels or positive response to therapy. We have examined a further 58 patients with advanced breast cancer for the presence of tissue PDGF immunostaining. Patients displaying positive tissue immunostaining for PDGF had a highly significant shorter survival (p = 0.002) than patients with no immunostaining. In addition PDGF positive patients treated with combination chemotherapy had a significantly lower response rate (p = 0.05) than PDGF negative patients. These results confirm our previous findings that PDGF may be an important indicator of shortened survival and treatment failure in patients with advanced breast cancer.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7865852 DOI: 10.1007/bf00665774
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Breast Cancer Res Treat ISSN: 0167-6806 Impact factor: 4.872