Significant differences in nipple aspirate fluid protein expression between healthy women and those with breast cancer demonstrated by time-of-flight mass spectrometry
Pawlik TM, Fritsche H, Coombes KR, Xiao L, Krishnamurthy S, Hunt KK, Pusztai L, Chen JN, Clarke CH, Arun B, Hung MC, Kuerer HM. Significant differences in nipple aspirate fluid protein expression between healthy women and those with breast cancer demonstrated by time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2005, 89: 149-157. PMID: 15692757, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-004-1710-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer patientsCancer patientsBreast cancerHealthy volunteersNoncancerous breastHealthy womenProtein expressionEarly-stage breast cancerUnilateral invasive breast carcinomaCancer-bearing breastsUnilateral breast cancerNAF samplesInvasive breast carcinomaBreast cancer screeningHealthy female volunteersPrimary carcinomaCancer screeningSurface-enhanced laser desorption ionization mass spectrometryBreast carcinomaTumor markersPatientsStage IFemale volunteersProtein chip arraysBreast