Cathepsin b: a potential prognostic marker for inflammatory breast cancer

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most aggressive form of breast cancer. In non-IBC, the cysteine protease cathepsin B (CTSB) is known to be involved in cancer progression and invasion; however, very little is known about its r...

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Main Authors: Cavallo-Medved Dora, Shaalan Mohamed A, El-Shinawi Mohamed, Mohamed Mona M, Nouh Mohamed A, Khaled Hussein M, Sloane Bonnie F
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
Online Access:http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/9/1/1