Breast-cancer diagnosis with nipple fluid bFGF

Authors
Liu, Y Wang, JL Chang, H Barsky, SH Nguyen, M
Citation
Y. Liu et al., Breast-cancer diagnosis with nipple fluid bFGF, LANCET, 356(9229), 2000, pp. 567-567
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
356
Issue
9229
Year of publication
2000
Pages
567 - 567
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(20000812)356:9229<567:BDWNFB>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Early diagnosis of breast cancer is the key to extending survival of breast -cancer patients. We found that the concentrations of nipple fluid bFGF (ba sic fibroblast growth factor) was significantly increased in breast-cancer patients compared with concentrations in controls (1717 ng/L [SD 706] vs 19 ng/L [19]; Student's t test p=0.027). Measurement of bFGF in nipple fluid could be a useful diagnostic tool for breast cancer, and deserves further s tudy.