Assessing estrogen and progesterone receptor status in fine needle aspirates from breast carcinomas: Results on six years of material and correlation with biochemical assay

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 122-126

  Sauer, Torill ^a   Beraki, Elsa ^a   Jebsen, Peter W ^a   Amlie, Einar ^b   Harbitz, Thorstein ^c   Kåresen, Rolf ^a   Næss, Oddvar ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Department of Surgery Lovisenberg Hospital

^c AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Estrogen; Immunocytochemistry; Receptors; Receptors, progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BINDING SITE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; HORMONE BINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031954039     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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