Immunoglobulin kappa C predicts overall survival in node-negative breast cancer.

BACKGROUND: Biomarkers of the immune system are currently not used as prognostic factors in breast cancer. We analyzed the association of the B cell/plasma cell marker immunoglobulin kappa C (IGKC) and survival of untreated node-negative breast cancer patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: IGKC expression...

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Main Authors: Zonglin Chen, Aslihan Gerhold-Ay, Susanne Gebhard, Daniel Boehm, Christine Solbach, Antje Lebrecht, Marco Battista, Isabel Sicking, Christina Cotarelo, Cristina Cadenas, Rosemarie Marchan, Joanna D Stewart, Mathias Gehrmann, Heinz Koelbl, Jan G Hengstler, Marcus Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3461001?pdf=render