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Epidermal growth factor receptor in breast carcinoma: association between gene copy number and mutations.
Diagnostic pathology - 2 Dec 2011
Lv Ning, Xie Xiaoming, Ge Qidong, Lin Suxia, Wang Xi, Kong Yanan, Shi Hongliu, Xie Xinhua, Wei Weidong
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BACKGROUND: The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is an available target of effective anti-EGFR therapy for human breast cancer. The aim of this study was to assess the presence of EGFR gene amplification and mutations in breast cancer and to analyze the association between the statuses of these two gene alterations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: EGFR gene amplification and mutations were investigated in...
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