Using image analysis as a tool for assessment of prognostic and predictive biomarkers for breast cancer: How reliable is it?

• Main Authors: Mark C Lloyd (Author), Pushpa Allam-Nandyala (Author), Chetna N Purohit (Author), Nancy Burke (Author), Domenico Coppola (Author), Marilyn M Bui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background : Estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) are important and well-established prognostic and predictive biomarkers for breast cancers and routinely tested on patient's tumor samples by immunohistochemical (IHC) study. The...