How should PCNA be assessed? Total of stained cells or only the most intensely stained ones?

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to analyse whether a marker of proliferative activity (PCNA) could provide a prognosis of tumor evolution and to determine whether different interpretation criteria could alter the results. METHOD: The presence of PCNA in 59 patients of state II (T2 NO,1 MO) mammary carci...

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Main Authors: Claudio Kemp, Vânia Nosé Alberti, Geraldo Rodrigues de Lima, Filomena Marino de Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801998000200005&lng=en&tlng=en