T-cell metagene predicts a favorable prognosis in estrogen receptor-negative and HER2-positive breast cancers.

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Published in Breast Cancer Res on March 09, 2009

Authors

Achim Rody1, Uwe Holtrich, Laos Pusztai, Cornelia Liedtke, Regine Gaetje, Eugen Ruckhaeberle, Christine Solbach, Lars Hanker, Andre Ahr, Dirk Metzler, Knut Engels, Thomas Karn, Manfred Kaufmann

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, JW Goethe-University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Frankfurt, Germany. achim.rody@em.uni-frankfurt.de

Associated clinical trials:

Study of Immunotherapy in Combination With Chemotherapy in HER2-negative Inflammatory Breast Cancer (PELICAN) | NCT03515798

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