HER2 testing in gastric and gastroesophageal adenocarcinomas

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 194-201

  Vakiani, Efsevia ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

gastric cancer; gastroesophageal cancer; HER2; immunohistochemistry; in situ hybridization; ToGA trial

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ERBB2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER;

ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; METABOLISM; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84928495656     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAP.0000000000000067     Document Type: Review

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