SSTR expression in invasive lobular carcinomas of the breast.

• Main Author: Lim, Yin Teng.
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology::Endocrinology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/41742
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is often known to have a variety of clinical and pathological features. Somatostatin (SST) and its receptors have been identified as important biochemical markers in cancer. SST has an inhibitory effect on the secretion of growth hormone and its factors w...