EGFR status in oral squamous cell carcinoma: Comparing immunohistochemistry, FISH and CISH detection in a case series study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bernardes, Vanessa Fátima ^a   Gleber Netto, Frederico Omar ^b   De Sousa, Sílvia Ferreira ^a   Rocha, Rafael Malagoli ^b   De Aguiar, Maria Cássia Ferreira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER TISSUE; CHROMOGENIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

EID: 84873538074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002077     Document Type: Article

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