High expression of focal adhesion kinase (p125FAK) in node-negative breast cancer is related to overexpression of HER-2/neu and activated Akt kinase but does not predict outcome.

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Published in Breast Cancer Res on January 07, 2005

Authors

Klaus Jürgen Schmitz1, Florian Grabellus, Rainer Callies, Friedrich Otterbach, Jeremias Wohlschlaeger, Bodo Levkau, Rainer Kimmig, Kurt Werner Schmid, Hideo Andreas Baba

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, Germany. klaus.schmitz@uni-essen.de

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