Detection of HER2/neu gene amplification in archival paraffin-embedded breast cancer tissues by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-255

  Selvarajan, Sathiyamoorthy ^b   Bay, Boon Huat ^b   Mamat, Shalawati Binte ^a   Choo, Andrew ^a   Chuah, Khoon Leong ^a   Sivaswaren, Christina Rudduck ^a   Tien, Sim Leng ^a   Wong, Chow Yin ^a   Tan, Puay Hoon ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; FISH; HER2 neu; Paraffin embedded archival tissue; Tissue fixation

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFORMATION CENTER; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE FIXATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, ERBB-2; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING;

EID: 0141958804     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-003-0554-z     Document Type: Article

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