Open AccessElevated Plasma Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Levels in Breast Cancer Patients Decrease After Surgical Removal of the Tumor
Author(s) -
Feng-Ming Kong,
Mitchell S. Anscher,
Tadashi Murase,
Barbara D. Abbott,
J. Dirk Iglehart,
Randy L. Jirtle
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199508000-00007
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , transforming growth factor beta , cancer , chemotherapy , transforming growth factor , lymph , gastroenterology , oncology , pathology , endocrinology
The authors determined whether untreated breast cancer patients have elevated plasma levels of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1).