Real-time PCR complements immunohistochemistry in the determination of HER-2/neu status in breast cancer

BMC Clinical Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Nistor, Andreea ^a   Watson, Peter H ^a   Pettigrew, Norman ^b   Tabiti, Karim ^c   Dawson, Angelika ^a,b   Myal, Yvonne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ONCOGENE NEU; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE SIZE; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 33644545384     PISSN: 14726890     EISSN: 14726890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6890-6-2     Document Type: Article

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