Evaluation of immunohistochemical expression of cox-2 in breast carcinoma patients-a hospital based study at kles dr. prabhakar kore hospital& mrc,belagavi

Abstract

Background & Objectives: Breast cancer is the most common female cancer worldwide representing nearly a quarter of all cancers. Along with China and United States, India accounts for almost one third of global burden of breast cancer. COX-2 derived prostanoids have been shown to induce invasion, increase metastasis and promote angiogenesis. This study is to evaluate the expression of COX-2 in histologically diagnosed cases of breast carcinoma and its with clinical parameters and histological features of breast carcinoma.