Fraction of neoplastic cells in breast cancer samples: Correction for the oncogene amplification test

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-239

  Collan, Yrjö ^a   Haikonen, Jyrki ^a   Sundfors, Carola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Gene amplification; Oncogenes; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBEDDING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ONCOGENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL COUNT; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, MYC; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032975273     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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