Transforming growth factor alpha and epidermal growth factor levels in bladder cancer and their relationship to epidermal growth factor receptor.

We have examined levels of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha) in neoplastic and non-neoplastic bladder tissue using a standard radioimmunoassay technique. Tumour samples had much higher TGF-alpha levels compared with EGF and TGF-alpha levels in malignant t...

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Main Authors: Mellon, J. K., Cook, S., Chambers, P., Neal, D. E.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 1996
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2074354/