Systematic review of HER2 breast cancer testing

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Cuadros, Marta ^a   Villegas, Román ^a  

^a Andalusian Agency for Health Technology Assessment Spain   (Spain)

Author keywords

FISH; HER2; IHC; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; TRASTUZUMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDLINE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; BREAST TUMOR; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PATIENT SELECTION; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 58749099837     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e318169fc1c     Document Type: Article

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