Immunocytochemical detection of prognostic markers in breast cancer; technical considerations

Cytopathology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 308-316

  Kuenen Boumeester, V ^a   Timmermans, A M ^a   De Bruijn, E M C A ^a   Henzen Logmans, S C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cell preparation; Fine needle aspirates; Immunocytochemistry; Prognostic markers

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P53; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; TISSUE FIXATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0032869958     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1999.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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