A multi-centre investigation towards reaching a consensus on the immunohistochemical detection of ERβ in archival formalin-fixed paraffin embedded human breast tissue

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-293

  Carder, Pauline J ^a   Murphy, Claire E ^b   Dervan, Peter ^c,d   Kennedy, Maria ^c   McCann, Amanda ^d   Saunders, Philippa T K ^e   Shaaban, Abeer M ^f   Foster, Christopher S ^f   Witton, Caroline J ^g   Bartlett, John M S ^g   Walker, Rosemary A ^h   Speirs, Valerie ^a,b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Estrogen receptor ; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CALIBRATION; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; IRELAND; LABORATORIES; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 24644489297     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-004-4262-8     Document Type: Article

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