Impact of decalcification on receptor status in breast cancer

Breast Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 689-691

  Darvishian, Farbod ^a   Singh, Baljit ^a   Krauter, Stephanie ^a   Chiriboga, Luis ^a   Gangi, Maryann D ^b   Melamed, Jonathan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Genzyme Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; EDETIC ACID; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; SCORING SYSTEM;

BONE DEMINERALIZATION TECHNIQUE; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 80755163605     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2011.01168.x     Document Type: Letter

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