HER2 expression status in diverse cancers: review of results from 37,992 patients

Cancer and Metastasis Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 157-164

  Yan, Min ^a   Schwaederle, Maria ^a   Arguello, David ^b   Millis, Sherri Z ^b   Gatalica, Zoran ^b   Kurzrock, Razelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b CARIS LIFE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; FISH; HER2 amplification; HER2 overexpression; IHC

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ERBB2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NEOPLASMS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2;

EID: 84925382907     PISSN: 01677659     EISSN: 15737233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10555-015-9552-6     Document Type: Article

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