Breast Cancer
Springer New York
Chapter title |
Evaluation of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2) Gene Status in Human Breast Cancer Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) Tissue Specimens by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH).
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Chapter number | 5 |
Book title |
Breast Cancer
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2016
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-3444-7_5 |
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Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-3442-3, 978-1-4939-3444-7
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Authors |
Hwang, Harry C, Gown, Allen M, Harry C. Hwang, Allen M. Gown, Hwang, Harry C., Gown, Allen M. |
Abstract |
Current standard of care requires that HER2 gene testing be performed on all newly diagnosed invasive breast cancers in order to determine eligibility for anti-HER2 antibody therapy and should be performed in accordance with current ASCO-CAP guidelines (Hammond et al., J Clin Oncol 29(15):e458, 2011; Wolff et al., J Clin Oncol 31(31):3997-4013, 2013). Here we describe a HER2 FISH methodology to evaluate HER2 gene status in FFPE breast tumor specimens. |
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