MicroRNA-9 as potential biomarker for breast cancer local recurrence and tumor estrogen receptor status.

MicroRNAs (miRs) are small, non-protein coding transcripts involved in many cellular functions. Many miRs have emerged as important cancer biomarkers. In the present study, we investigated whether miR levels in breast tumors are predictive of breast cancer local recurrence (LR). Sixty-eight women wh...

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Main Authors: Xin Zhou, Catalin Marian, Kepher H Makambi, Ourania Kosti, Bhaskar V S Kallakury, Christopher A Loffredo, Yun-Ling Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3377597?pdf=render