The prevalence and assessment of ErbB2-positive breast cancer in Asia: A literature survey

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 5348-5357

  Tan, Yew Oo ^a   Han, Sehwan ^b   Lu, Yen Shen ^c   Yip, Cheng Har ^d   Sunpaweravong, Patrapim ^e   Jeong, Joon ^f   Caguioa, Priscilla B ^g   Aggarwal, Shyam ^h   Yeoh, Ee Min ⁱ   Moon, Hanlim ⁱ  

^a GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^e Songklanagarind Hospital   (Thailand)

^f Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (Philippines)

^h SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

ⁱ Research and Development Department   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; breast neoplasms; erbB 2 receptor; fluorescence in situ hybridization; immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN; THAILAND;

ASIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PREVALENCE; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2;

EID: 78649578154     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25476     Document Type: Review

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