Objective measurement of breast cancer oestrogen receptor status through digital image analysis

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-24

  Mofidi, R ^a   Walsh, R ^a   Ridgway, P F ^a   Crotty, T ^a   McDermott, E W ^a   Keaveny, T V ^a   Duffy, M J ^a   Hill, A D K ^a   O'Higgins, N ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry; Objective measurement; Oestrogen receptor

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CAMERA; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

EID: 0037308825     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejso.2002.1373     Document Type: Article

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