Tissue microarray for routine clinical breast biomarker analysis: The British Columbia Cancer Agency 2008 experience

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 909-914

  Thomson, Thomas A ^a   Zhou, Chen ^a   Ceballos, Kathy ^a   Knight, Bryan ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Breast cancer; Estrogen receptor; HER2; Progesterone receptor; Tissue microarray

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; HER2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE MICROARRAY; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME 17; ECONOMICS;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; HUMANS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953017620     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP1IU7BTSAQGYZ     Document Type: Article

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