Expression of C-terminal tensin-like in breast
carcinoma and its correlation with known
prognostic factors

Usma Arshad; Syeda Fatima Rizvi; Shahzada Khalid Sohail; Samina Qamar; Rahat Sarfraz; Maham Akhlaq

doi:10.5114/pjp.2025.149282

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Expression of C-terminal tensin-like in breast carcinoma and its correlation with known prognostic factors

Usma Arshad

¹

,

Syeda Fatima Rizvi

²

,

Shahzada Khalid Sohail

²

,

Samina Qamar

¹

,

Rahat Sarfraz

¹

,

Maham Akhlaq

¹

Department of Pathology, King Edward Medical University Lahore, Pakistan
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha 61922, Saudi Arabia

Pol J Pathol 2025; 76 (1): 10-15

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pjp.2025.149282

Online publish date: 2025/05/10

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Expression of C-terminal tensin-like in breast carcinoma and its correlation with known prognostic factors

Usma Arshad 1 , Syeda Fatima Rizvi 2 , Shahzada Khalid Sohail 2 , Samina Qamar 1 , Rahat Sarfraz 1 , Maham Akhlaq 1

Usma Arshad

¹

,

Syeda Fatima Rizvi

²

,

Shahzada Khalid Sohail

²

,

Samina Qamar

¹

,

Rahat Sarfraz

¹

,

Maham Akhlaq

¹