Standardizing Slide-Based Assays in Breast Cancer: Hormone Receptors, HER2, and Sentinel Lymph Nodes
Ross JS, Symmans WF, Pusztai L, Hortobagyi GN. Standardizing Slide-Based Assays in Breast Cancer: Hormone Receptors, HER2, and Sentinel Lymph Nodes. Clinical Cancer Research 2007, 13: 2831-2835. PMID: 17504980, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-06-2522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReceptor statusClinical practiceHormone receptor statusProgesterone receptor statusBreast cancer careBreast cancer patientsSentinel lymph nodesDaily clinical practiceCurrent clinical practiceSignificant unmet needFalse-positive result ratesLymph nodesCancer careCancer patientsHER2 statusBreast cancerEstrogen receptorImmunohistochemistry techniquesUnmet needResult rateHormone receptorsPreanalytic conditionsNovel diagnosticsCareReceptors