Development of automated brightfield double <it>In Situ </it>hybridization (BDISH) application for <it>HER2 g</it>ene and chromosome 17 centromere (CEN 17) for breast carcinomas and an assay performance comparison to manual dual color <it>HER2 </it>fluorescence <it>In Situ </it>hybridization (FISH)
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (<it>HER2</it>) fluorescence <it>in situ </it>hybridization (FISH) is a quantitative assay for selecting breast cancer patients for trastuzumab therapy. However, curren...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-10-01
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Series: | Diagnostic Pathology |
Online Access: | http://www.diagnosticpathology.org/content/3/1/41 |