Value of staining intensity in the interpretation of immunohistochemistry for tumor markers in colorectal cancer

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 451, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 763-769

  Zlobec, Inti ^a   Terracciano, Luigi ^a   Jass, Jeremy R ^b,c   Lugli, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Immunohistochemistry; Scoring system; Staining intensity

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; PROTEIN P53; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 34848863620     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-007-0466-8     Document Type: Article

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