Radwa Mohammed Gaber <br/><br/>
Osteoprotegerin as a prognostic marker in patients with breast cancer /  
 دور الاستيوبروتيجرين كدلالة على تطور المرض فى مرضى سرطان الثدى 
Radwa Mohammed Gaber ; Supervised Amina Kamal Eldeen Elansary , Samar Ali Marzouk , Ahmed Abdelmabood Zeeneldin 
 - Cairo :   Radwa Mohammed Gaber ,   2012 
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<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Medical Biochemistry 
<br/><br/> Bone is a common site for metastasis in breast cancer ; approximately 75 % of women with advanced breast cancer will develop bone metastases . Bone metastases associated with breast cancer are predominately osteolytic . OPG overexpression by breast cancer cells enhances osseous tumor growth . OPG promote tumor cell survival and protect them from TRAIL induced apoptosis 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Bone metastasis  Breast cancer   OPG