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Discordant results obtained for different methods of HER-2/neu testing in breast cancer--a question of standardization, automation and timing.
The International journal of biological markers - 1 Jan 2000
Luftner D, Henschke P, Kafka A, Anagnostopoulos I, Wiechen K, Geppert R, Stein H, Wernecke K D, Kreienberg R, Possinger K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: HER-2/neu positivity is required for the selection of stage IV breast cancer patients for trastuzumab therapy. We compared the results of the recommended immunohistochemistry (IHC) evaluation with the automated ACIS IHC system and with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). These HER-2/neu tissue results were correlated with the serum HER-2/neu (sHER-2/neu) levels at the time of metastatic spread....
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