Prognostic relevance of pretherapeutic gamma-glutamyltransferase in patients with primary metastatic breast cancer.

Gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) is a known marker for apoptotic balance and cell detoxification. Recently, an association of baseline GGT levels and breast cancer incidence, tumor progression and chemotherapy resistance was shown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of pre-ther...

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Main Authors: Christine Staudigl, Nicole Concin, Christoph Grimm, Georg Pfeiler, Regina Nehoda, Christian F Singer, Stephan Polterauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4411095?pdf=render