Semiquantitative assessment of c-erbB-2 (HER-2) status in cytology specimens and tissue sections from breast carcinoma

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-125

  Solomides, Charalambos C ^b   Zimmerman, Robert ^b   Bibbo, Marluce ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast neoplasms; c erbB 2 protein; Immunochemistry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ONCOGENE C ERB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AIR; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0032905387     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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