Breast Hormonal Receptors Test Should Be Repeated on Excisional Biopsy After Negative Core Needle Biopsy.

Therapeutic decision-making for women diagnosed with breast cancer requires accurate determination of the estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR). Decisions about adjuvant therapy are often based on the immunohistochemical (IHC) profile of the core needle biopsy sample (CNB) because th...

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Published in:Breast Journal Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 180 - 187
Main Authors: Khoury, Thaer, Zakharia, Yousef, Tan, Wei, Kulkarni, Swati, Liu, Weiguo, Zhang, Shanxiang, Wilding, Gregory E., Edge, Stephen
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Mar/Apr2011
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