[ status of cytokeratin 7 expression in primary breast cancer and it's relationship with prognostic factors]

ABSTRACT

Background: breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women. Some biologic markers are used for determination of prognosis and prediction of treatment response. Cytokeratin 7 [CK7] is an Intermediate filament protein of epithelial cells. The purpose of this study, is to determine the expression of cytokeratin 7 in primary breast cancer and it's correlation with grade, stage and axillary lymphnode involvement