Commentary: Hormone Receptor Testing in Breast Cancer: A Distress Signal from Canada

This commentary reviews recent events in Canada that underscore the substantial problems with estrogen receptor testing by immunohistochemistry in breast cancer.

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Published in:The oncologist (Dayton, Ohio) Ohio), 2008-11, Vol.13 (11), p.1134-1136
Main Author: Allred, D. Craig
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Breast Neoplasms - chemistry
Female
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Receptor, ErbB-2 - analysis
Receptors, Estrogen - analysis
Receptors, Progesterone - analysis
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Summary:This commentary reviews recent events in Canada that underscore the substantial problems with estrogen receptor testing by immunohistochemistry in breast cancer.
ISSN:1083-7159
1549-490X
DOI:10.1634/theoncologist.2008-0184